Unit Objectives: To understand the importance of research design; To have an understanding of the differences between exploratory, descriptive and explanatory research projects; To understand why it is necessary to standardise the experiment; and To have an awareness of different research methods and instruments.
Unit Objectives: To have a basic understanding of probability; To understand what is meant by the independent variable; To understand what is meant by the dependent variable; To have a basic understanding of relative frequency; To be able to construct a simple Likert scale; To be able to construct a simple histogram; and To understand what is meant by the terms random sample and population.
Unit Objectives: To have an awareness that perceptions of mental disorder as a cause of violent crime are distorted; To have an awareness that research suggests serious violent behaviour is not frequent among people with schizophrenia; To have an awareness of the personality traits that characterise the psychopath; To have an awareness of the emotional aspects of violence; and To conduct research into a possible psychological cause of violent behaviour.
Unit Objectives: Understand that there is no single definition of a serial killer; Understand the difference between serial murder, mass murder and spree killing; Understand that there are a number of urban myths about serial killers; and Conduct research and produce a report that tends to prove or disprove these urban myths.
Unit Objectives: Understand that not all drugs are illegal; Understand that abuse of legal substances can have high social and economic costs; Recognise the links between crime and substance abuse; and Have a basic understanding of government approaches to the reduction of crime resulting from substance abuse.
Unit Objectives: To have a basic understanding of the different types of child abuse; To have a basic understanding of the signs of child abuse; To have a basic understanding of the effects of child abuse; and To have an awareness of some of the explanations of sexual offending and their incomplete nature.
Unit Objectives: Have an awareness of the factors considered to make a child's evidence unreliable; Have an awareness of the flaws in the concerns about the reliability of a child's testimony; Have an awareness of the current arrangements for the giving of evidence by children; and Have an awareness of the defects in the current arrangements for children to give evidence in court.
Unit Objectives: Have a basic understanding of the role of the psychologist/psychiatrist in cases involving mentally disordered offenders; Have a basic understanding of what is meant by mental disorder; and Have a basic knowledge of the insanity defence.
Unit Objectives: To have a basic understanding of dissociative identity disorder; To have a basic understanding of dissociative amnesia; To have a basic understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder; To have a basic understanding of what is meant by dangerous people with severe personality disorder; and To be able to conduct research into dissociative identity disorder.
Unit Objectives: To recognise that eyewitness memory is highly fallible; To recognise that memories are considered a product of conceptual systems; To have a basic understanding of some of the research into perception, memory and eyewitness testimony; and To examine and report on personal perception and memory.
Unit Objectives: To have a basic understanding of the effects of imprisonment on the psychological and physical health of offenders; To have an awareness of the psychological effects of imprisonment on female offenders; To have an awareness of the psychological effects of imprisonment on young offenders; To have an awareness of re-offending risk assessment and its purpose; and To conduct research into psychology in a correctional setting.
Unit Objectives: To have a basic understanding of the issues involved in the recruitment, selection, training and retention of police officers; Understand the advances that have been made in police training; Recognise the links between relevant and continuous training and the promotion process; and Understand why such major changes in training within the police service were necessary.
Unit Objectives: Have an awareness of what is meant by stress; Have an awareness of some of the contributory factors of stress; Have an awareness of some of the research around stress and Have an awareness of the contributory factors of stress in your own work place or a familiar work place.
Unit Objectives: Understand what is meant by an unresponsive bystander; Understand what is meant by an impulsive bystander; Understand how various models have been constructed to explain bystander behaviour; and Conduct own research into how the behaviour of the authorities might affect bystander behaviour.
Unit Objectives: Understand what is meant by a research proposal; Produce a research proposal; Understand what is meant by a research project report; and Produce a research project report.
