Forensic Psychology

Entry requirements

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Months of entry

September

Course content

You experience a critical and questioning approach to the discipline of forensic psychology. You develop as an independent critical thinker, resilient and well prepared as a forensic psychology practitioner. The programme covers the key knowledge areas in a way that represents the stages and processes in the criminal justice system and the pathways offenders and victims take through it.

The integrative approach of the courses sees ethics, practice and professional skills incorporated as appropriate to each topic, enhancing the relevance of these issues, and applied psychological knowledge to the understanding, investigation, assessment, interventions and management of offenders.

For example, you have the opportunity to act as an expert witness in our mock court room, offering and defending your professional opinion on a case study which is something you may then do if you go on to qualify as a forensic psychologist.

Top reasons to study this course

> Study this course and you may be eligible for a £2,500 Sir Keith Skeoch postgraduate scholarship.

> You employ a scientist-practitioner approach to issues relevant to professional practice and research in forensic psychology.

> Research laboratories and simulated environments including the mock courtroom, police station and interview suites, and technology including eye tracking machines.

>The programme team are research and consultancy active, which underpins their teaching. Areas of expertise include risk assessment and intervention, cognitive behavioural therapy, expert witness, intermediary work, investigative interviewing, police investigations, personality, trauma-informed care and cyber crime.

> Benefit from our strong external links with the local prison service, regional secure units and the NHS to pursue work experience in forensic settings, and a potential focus for your dissertation.

> Specialist external speakers may contribute to the delivery of the programme, giving you relevant and on topic insights.

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