175309

Forensic Psychology

Course
The focus of this course is to study the issues and controversies in contemporary relationships between psychology and law. The diversity of the field of forensic practice is reflected in the topics covered, and the themes of violence and justice are used to represent the multidisciplinary influences at the nexus of psychology and law within mental health and legal systems.
Course code

Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using 6 digits.

175309
Level

The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).

300-level
Credits

Each course is worth a number of credits. You combine courses (credits) to meet the total number of credits needed for your qualification.

15
Subject
Psychology

Course planning information

Course notes

All assessments are compulsory

Prerequisite courses

Complete first

You need to complete the above course or courses before moving onto this one.

General progression requirements

You must complete at least 45 credits from 200-level before enrolling in 300-level courses.

Learning outcomes

What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.

  • 1 Demonstrate critical awareness of a variety of perspectives and methodologies used in the field of forensic research in Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • 2 Critically examine violence and justice and the issues and controversies (including culture and gender) in research on violence, crime and social justice.
  • 3 Examine how representations of the dangerous other that permeate our modern media repetitively produce and re-produce 'risk' that must be managed and contained.
  • 4 Use critical theory to interrogate how the discipline of psychology is an active participant in developing and maintaining structural and cultural practices that inscribe meaning on the body of the 'other'.

Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.

Textbooks needed

There are no set texts for this course.