Forensic Psychology Subject regulations
Forensic Psychology links psychology to both criminal behaviour and its reduction and prevention, and to the functions of the legal and correctional systems. This subject will also give students an opportunity to align the strong empirical and theoretical traditions from western psychology to Māori-led approaches to understanding and reducing recidivism, and the overrepresentation of Māori in the criminal justice system.
Forensic Psychology is available as a minor.
To complete a minor in Forensic Psychology, students must complete 60 points, including FPSYC101, FPSYC201, FPSYC301 and 15 points from CRSCI101, CRSCI105, PSYCH100, PSYCH101 or SOCIO102.
Forensic Psychology will be introduced as a minor in 2022.
Forensic Psychology papers
| Code and paper title | Points | |
|---|---|---|
CRSCI101
Introduction to Security and Crime Science
This paper introduces the topics, theories, and approaches that make up Crime Science. The central focus is on understanding crime. |
15 | 24A (Hamilton) & 24A (Online) |
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FPSYC101
Introduction to Forensic and Criminological Psychology
This paper introduces students to forensic psychology and encompasses a wide range of topics derived from the intersection of psychology with the... |
15 | 24B (Hamilton) & 24B (Online) |
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PSYCH100
Brain, Behaviour and Cognition
This paper introduces perceptual systems, mechanisms of learning, emotions and motivation, the biological basis of psychology, such as brain... |
15 | 24A (Hamilton) & 24A (Tauranga) |
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PSYCH101
Social Psychology, Health and Well-being
This paper will introduce major issues in psychology particularly as they relate to health, wellbeing, mental illness, forensic psychology, lifespan... |
15 | 24B (Hamilton) & 24B (Tauranga) |
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SOCIO102
The Sociology of Crime, Deviance and Social Justice
This paper provides students with an introduction to criminology and the criminal justice system, with a focus on the New Zealand context. |
15 | 24A (Hamilton) & 24A (Tauranga) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
|---|---|---|
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FPSYC201
Psychology and Crime
Crime is a result of how people think, feel, and behave within their ecological context, making psychology one of the core disciplines in... |
15 | 24A (Hamilton) & 24A (Online) |
| Code and paper title | Points | |
|---|---|---|
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FPSYC301
Correctional Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice
This paper examines the application of psychological theory, research and practice to the operation of correctional systems and their various roles... |
15 | 24B (Online) |
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CRSCI101 Introduction to Security and Crime Science
This paper introduces the topics, theories, and approaches that make up Crime Science. The central focus is on understanding crime.
Points 15This paper introduces students to forensic psychology and encompasses a wide range of topics derived from the intersection of psychology with the...
Points 15This paper introduces perceptual systems, mechanisms of learning, emotions and motivation, the biological basis of psychology, such as brain...
Points 15This paper will introduce major issues in psychology particularly as they relate to health, wellbeing, mental illness, forensic psychology, lifespan...
Points 15This paper provides students with an introduction to criminology and the criminal justice system, with a focus on the New Zealand context.
Points 15 -
FPSYC201 Psychology and Crime
Crime is a result of how people think, feel, and behave within their ecological context, making psychology one of the core disciplines in...
Points 15 -
FPSYC301 Correctional Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice
This paper examines the application of psychological theory, research and practice to the operation of correctional systems and their various roles...
Points 15
2024 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 27 Apr 2024 01:00am