- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Welcome
- 1.2 Introducing psychology
- 1.3 Criminal/forensic/legal psychology: Are they the same?
- 1.4 Exercises
2. Early theories and biological explanations of crime
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- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Early theories
- 2.3 Biological theories of crime
- 2.4 Exercises
3. Psychological theories
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- 3.1 Freud and the Psychoanalytic School
- 3.2 Moral development and criminal behaviour
- 3.3 Psychoticism and psychopathy
- 3.4 Exercises
4. Social and social psychological explanations of criminal behaviour
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- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Social learning theory
- 4.3 Positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement and punishment
- 4.4 Sutherland’s Theory of Differential Association
- 4.5 Parenting and parenting styles
- 4.6 Social-psychological processes and large-scale criminal behaviour
- 4.7 Exercises
5. Psychological illness and criminal behaviour
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- 5.1 Mood disorders and substance abuse
- 5.2 Sexual disorders
- 5.3 Schizophrenia
- 5.4 Dissociative disorders
- 5.5 Criminal psychopathy: Sensationalism, myth and reality
- 5.6 Exercises
6. Psychology in investigation
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- 6.1 Criminal/offender profiling
- 6.2 Advantages and disadvantages of criminal profiling
- 6.3 Exercise question: Criminal profiling
- 6.4 Exercise answer: Criminal profiling
- 6.5 Polygraph
- 6.6 Narco analysis and brain mapping
- 6.7 Application of narco analysis, polygraph and brain mapping in real world cases
- 6.8 Ethical issues and controversies
- 6.9 Special focus: Police psychology
- 6.10 Exercises
7. Application of psychology in court proceedings
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- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Courtroom tactics of lawyers
- 7.3 Competency to stand trial and insanity claim
- 7.4 Exercises
8. False memory and eyewitness testimony
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- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Errors in memory
- 8.3 Trauma and emotional influence on memories
- 8.4 Bias
- 8.5 Witness assistance and protection
- 8.6 Exercises
9. Application of psychology in punishment and rehabilitation
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- 9.1 Application of psychology in punishment and rehabilitation
- 9.2 Why rehabilitation? Debates and developments
- 9.3 Psychological intervention in prisons and its limitations
- 9.4 Special focus: Juvenile delinquency
- 9.5 Psychological assistance and support to victims of crime
- 9.6 Psychological assistance and support cases
- 9.7 Exercises
10. Concluding thoughts