2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

PSY 341 Forensic Psychology

This psychosocial approach to criminality introduces the student to the practice of forensic psychology. The course will focus on the production and application of psychological knowledge to the criminal justice system. Topics of study include origins of criminal behavior, aggression, assault, homicide (including mass murder and serial murder), sexual offenses, drugs and crime, economic and public order crime, and correctional psychology.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PSY 113, CJ 101, or permission of the instructor

Distribution

Social Science

Offered

On demand