SPECIAL NOTE:
This is an advanced level elective unit
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
This unit comprises two lecture streams. The first stream examines criminological issues including the causes and manifestations of criminal behaviours, the criminal justice system, and the psychological processes associated with eyewitness testimony, juries and jury selection. The second steam introduces issues in forensic psychology, with a particular focus on the role of the psychologist in areas such as expert testimony, forensic psychology practice, and expert assistance provided to the court.
In the laboratory component students are introduced to research in areas such as juror deliberation,eye-witnesstestimony, psychological autopsyand cognitive interviews.
WEIGHT:
12.5%
ASSESSMENT: 2-hr exam (50%), assignments totalling 2,500 words (50%)
TEACHING PATTERN: One 2-hr lecture and one2-hr lab class weekly (13 wks)
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle, P Beauty Point. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Y Hong Kong.
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