The Psychology of Crime and Criminal Justice
This playlist brings together several courses on the psychology of crime and criminal justice, including forensic psychology, criminal psychology and witness memory.
What this playlist includes:
56 lectures across 10 courses.
All resources designed and delivered by university academics and researchers.
Self-marking quizzes for all lectures, as well as an end-of-topic quiz.
Reading lists, essay questions and extension activities.
Courses and Lectures
1. Forensic Psychology – Important Practices and Research
Prof. David Canter
Liverpool University
Liverpool University
1.1. What is Forensic Psychology? – 03:48
1.2. Causes of Crime – 12:26
1.3. Defining and Measuring Crime – 06:54
1.4. Offender Profiling – 07:06
1.5. The Origins of Investigative Psychology – 06:56
1.6. What is Investigative Psychology? – 09:12
1.7. Geographical Offender Profiling – 10:51
1.8. Investigative Interviewing – 08:14
1.9. The Radex Model of Serial Killers – 09:58
2. Forensic Psychology – Criminality
Prof. Francis Pakes
Portsmouth University
Portsmouth University
2.1. Lombroso and the ‘Born Criminal’ – 06:56
2.2. Genetic Explanations of Crime – 07:38
2.3. Cognitive Explanations: Moral Reasoning – 09:28
2.4. Cognitive Distortions – 05:56
2.5. The Aims of Imprisonment – 06:04
2.6. The Problem of Recidivism – 05:06
3. Forensic Psychology – Offender Profiling
Professor Ciarán O'Keeffe
Buckinghamshire New University
Buckinghamshire New University
3.1. The Top Down and Bottom Up Approaches – 11:32
3.2. The Organised and Disorganised Typologies – 06:21
3.3. The Investigative Psychology Approach – 06:10
3.4. Geographic Profiling – 08:46
4. Forensic Psychology – Crime Investigation and Prevention
Professor Ciarán O'Keeffe
Buckinghamshire New University
Buckinghamshire New University
4.1. Evidence Collection – 06:36
4.2. The Cognitive Interview – 07:51
4.3. Crime Prevention – 09:03
4.4. Broken Windows Theory – 05:06
4.5. The Impact of Diet on Crime – 05:39
4.6. Hormone Treatments – 05:22
5. Forensic Psychology – Evidence and Courtrooms
Professor Ciarán O'Keeffe
Buckinghamshire New University
Buckinghamshire New University
5.1. Forensic Evidence – 06:18
5.2. Fingerprint Evidence – 08:09
5.3. Jury Persuasion – 07:57
5.4. Defendant Characteristics – 05:22
5.5. More Defendant Characteristics – 06:06
5.6. Pre-Trial Publicity – 08:17
6. Memory – Witness Memory and the Cognitive Interview
Prof. Becky Milne
Portsmouth University
Portsmouth University
6.1. The Role of Witnesses – 09:30
6.2. Witness Memory – 10:11
6.3. Police Training and the Cognitive Interview – 11:30
6.4. What Is the Cognitive Interview? – 11:15
6.5. The Cognitive Interview in the Real World – 10:44
7. Forensic Psychology – Behavioural Explanations for Offending
Dr Geraldine Akerman
Cardiff Met University
Cardiff Met University
7.1. Labelling – 07:05
7.2. Custody – 10:00
7.3. Who Commits Which Offences? – 08:26
7.4. Attachment – 05:35
7.5. Case Formulation – 08:08
7.6. Research Methods – 11:19
8. Forensic Psychology – Cognitive Explanations for Offending
Professor Ciarán O'Keeffe
Buckinghamshire New University
Buckinghamshire New University
8.1. The Criminal Personality – 09:40
8.2. Moral Reasoning – 06:11
8.3. Cognitive Distortions – 09:35
8.4. Differential Association Theory – 08:57
9. Forensic Psychology – Biological Explanations for Offending
Professor Ciarán O'Keeffe
Buckinghamshire New University
Buckinghamshire New University
9.1. Physiological Theories of Criminal Behaviour – 08:37
9.2. Biological Strategies for Preventing Criminal B... – 09:24
9.3. Raine et al. (1997) – 06:45
9.4. Haney et al. (1973) – 09:24
9.5. Brain Injury and Criminal Behaviour – 10:44
9.6. XYY Syndrome – 07:05
10. Forensic Psychology – Dealing with Offenders
Professor Ciarán O'Keeffe
Buckinghamshire New University
Buckinghamshire New University
10.1. Punitive Measures – 10:49
10.2. Behaviour Modification – 06:06
10.3. Anger Management – 06:41
10.4. Restorative Justice – 09:49
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