Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This module aims to provide students with core knowledge and understanding of approaches to explaining criminal behaviour and its impact upon individuals and society. Moreover, it will give an account of psychological factors that help explain crime at both a general level and in terms of specific offences. It looks at how crime commission, crime detection and crime reduction are influenced by psychological factors. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. 1. Critically evaluate psychological factors in the explanation of crime 2. 2. Formulate and evaluate explanations of criminality in different groups of offenders. 3. 3. Appreciate how psychological principles can be used to understand and reduce crime 4. 4. Outline the impact of criminal behaviour on victims of crime 5. Produce a substantive piece of relevant academic writing, that clearly demonstrates mastery of knowledge, understanding and critical reasoning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
The Causes of CrimePsychological approaches to understanding crime Theories of offending Effects of interpersonal crime on victimsInvestigating crimeEyewitness evidence Interviewing vulnerable witnesses Interviewing suspects Intimate partner violence and stalkingDealing with OffendersCrime and Punishment – does it work? Risk assessment and offender programmes Interventions with high risk offenders Offender rehabilitationCrime and Offecnce Typology & ClassificationSerious Crime including homicide, sexual offences and arsonMental Health & CrimePopulation of mentally ill incarcerated National and international trends Psychopathic offenders: diagnosis and treatment, Population of mentally ill incarcerated, National and international trends | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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