Investigative Psychology for Violent Acquisitive and Sexual Crime - HMB1031

Assessment 1: Quizzes / polls

Formative assessment in the form of short written response questions and online multiple-choice quizzes will be set by the module leader, detailed in writing in the module handbook, and on Brightspace.

Quizzes / polls

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Written Assignment

You will explore the complexities in the process of drawing offender inferences from offence behaviour and why deriving such inferences empirically is not as straightforward as it is expected. You will study ‘criminal narratives’, considering the life stories of offenders and the roles they perceive themselves as playing throughout their lives. Theories and models for a range of different crime types including robbery, burglary, fraud, murder, stalking, domestic violence, sexual offences, organised crime and terrorism will be critically examined. 
You will explore the complexities in the process of drawing offender inferences from offence behaviour and why deriving such inferences empirically is not as straightforward as might be expected. Offender consistency, specialisation and linking will also be explored. You will be introduced and examine the idea of “criminal narratives”, considering the life stories of offenders and the roles that they perceive themselves as playing throughout the ongoing saga of their lives. Theories and models for a range of different crime types will be critically examined. You will also explore: different offending styles in burglary and robbery, the differences between various types of fraud, and the different psychological processes underlying each, ways in which a violent offender’s interaction with the victim provides the core psychological function of violent crime, the variety of offending styles that distinguish rapists, the nature of stalking and its relationship to domestic violence, what is and what is not ‘organised’ about organised crime and the variety of terrorist activities and terrorists.

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HMB1031 - Investigative Psychology for Violent Acquisitive and Sexual Crime

Investigative Psychology for Violent Acquisitive and Sexual Crime

Demonstrate a systematic and critical understanding of the idea of ‘consistency’ in offending, as well as the potential forms of development and change in an offender’s behaviour that need to be integrated into models of inference .

Produce a research grant application to professional standards .

Explain the complexities in the process of drawing offender inferences from offence behaviour (also known as solving the A-C equations).  

Design a viable project and outline how it will be managed. 

Critically outline and evaluate theories and models for a range of different crime types, including; acquisitive crime (robbery, burglary), fraud and extortion, sexual offending, violent crime, murder and serial murder, stalking, domestic violence, terrorism and organised crime. 

Demonstrate ethical and professional awareness.

Demonstrate how psychological models can be applied to the process of investigation, the legal process and the process of detention.  