Introducing Investigative Psychology: from Offender Profiling to the Science of IP - HMB1030

Assessment 1: Quizzes / polls

Formative assessment in the form of weekly online multiple-choice quizzes and short written response questions 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

<p>Investigative psychology is concerned with the psychological input to a range of issues related to the management, investigation and prosecution of crime. You will be introduced to the scope of investigative psychology and the principles on which it is based. The module explores the contributions that psychologists can make to police investigations, the emergence of investigative psychology from offender profiling, processes of detection, the significance of inference and the main questions investigative psychologists ask. </p>

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HMB1030 - Introducing Investigative Psychology: from Offender Profiling to the Science of IP

Introducing Investigative Psychology: from Offender Profiling to the Science of IP

Demonstrate the ability to identify differences between Investigative Psychology and ‘Offender Profiling’. 

Demonstrate a systematic and critical understanding of some of the key contributions that Investigative Psychology can make to the management, investigation, and prosecution of crime .

Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the key stages in the emergence of Investigative Psychology as a discipline in its own right .

Demonstrate the ability to make informed judgements about published material. 

Demonstrate the ability to recognise the key issues in Investigative Psychology. 

Detail the historical background of the relationship between psychology and investigations .

Demonstrate a systematic and critical understanding of what Investigative Psychology is and identify the main principles upon which it is based .

Demonstrate the ability to deal with complex issues systematically and make informed judgements about published material.

Demonstrate the ability to evaluate inferences made about likely suspects in examples of cases.  