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Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
If you’re looking to start your career in criminal psychology, or you’re already working in the field and want to progress, our MSc Criminal Psychology degree course will give you the knowledge and skills you need.
Understanding the psychology of crime is essential to its investigation. On this course, you’ll explore and analyse the role of psychology within complex criminal investigative techniques, such as police interviewing and deception detection, and gain insight into courtroom psychology and jury decision making.
You’ll delve into key issues such as offender profiling and the links between offending behaviour and mental health. You’ll customise your degree by choosing specialist subjects, such as missing persons investigations or offender rehabilitation.
When you graduate, you’ll be ready to work with offenders or victims within any area of the criminal justice system, including policing, law enforcement, probation and intelligence analysis.
This course is not accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Qualifications or experience
English language requirements
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If you meet our criteria, you could get a £3000 tuition fees discount – visit website for details
You’ll graduate with the tools you need to not only understand the difference criminal psychology can make to the justice system, but also to challenge existing processes and make improvements.
If you already work in the field of criminal justice, you’ll be ready to pursue higher-level roles, or to break into a different area of the discipline. If you’re still to embark on your career in criminal justice, you’ll gain the knowledge and advanced research problem-solving skills you need to stand out to employers and contribute positively to justice system reform.
You could also go on to further study, or progress on to a graduate scheme such as PoliceNow or the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme
Core modules
You’ll do all core modules.
Dissertation / Major Project – 60 credits
Investigation and Psychology – 30 credits
Psychology and Offending Behaviour – 30 credits
Research Methods and Research Ethics – 30 credits
Optional modules
You can do one optional module.
Dangerous Offenders and Vulnerable Victims – 30 credits
Missing Persons: Global Perspectives – 30 credits
Rehabilitation and Desistance from Crime – 30 credits
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