Diploma in Criminology & Criminal Psychology City Colleges
Price: 995 (Instalments), 895 (Online)

    Course details

    Course Titles:

    • Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology
    • Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Forensic)
    • Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Police)
    • Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Prisons)
    • Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Corporate Fraud)
    • Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Medical)
    • Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Crime Scene Investigation)
    • Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Psychology (Terrorism)

    Students in the above Diplomas attend the same class and lectures. However on completion of the course, students may submit a chosen assignment in any one of the above areas in order to be awarded that particular exit award title.

    Outline

    • Week 1 – Introduction: nature or nurture? Measuring crime – separating fact from fiction.
    • Week 2 – Social, Family & Environmental Theories of Crime – if only my parents cared.
    • Week 3 – Biological traits, personal attributes and the mentally disordered mind.
    • Week 4 – Psychopathy 1 – The Hare Test & the criminal psychopath
    • Week 5 – Psychopathy 2 – The psychopaths among us; bad men in good jobs.
    • Week 6 – Serial Killers – strangers in the night?
    • Week 7 – Aggression, violence and stalking.
    • Week 8 – Sexual Deviation & Sex Offenders – inside the mind of the sex abuser.
    • Week 9 – Prison hierarchy and sociology – the inmate code.
    • Week 10 – Offender Profiling & Police Interrogation Techniques.

    This event has been approved for CPD credits for members of the Psychology Society of Ireland.

    Updated on 08 November, 2015

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    Some of Ireland’s leading lecturers in the areas of Professional Law and Professional Accountancy, Childcare, Business & Computing, and Psychology have come together to offer students a different kind of educational experience, one where the learner’s needs are paramount and his/her expectations are constantly surpassed.

    The We_They Group delivers programmes from two venues in Dublin (City Centre and Templeogue), and online throughout the country.

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