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Course Description
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Course Name
Criminal Psychology
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Host University
Victoria University of Wellington
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Location
Wellington, New Zealand
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Area of Study
Criminal Justice, Criminology, Psychology
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
CRIM 111; one course from ANTH, HIST, LAWS, MDIA, PSYC, PUBL, SOSC or SPOL
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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Credit Points
20 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3 - 4
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units4 - 6
Hours & Credits
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Overview
CRIM 217 provides an introduction to psychological approaches to understanding and preventing criminal behaviour. Topics covered include violent offending sexual offending, collective violence, drug use, crime prevention, and rehabilitation.
Course content
A detailed outline of lecture content will be provided on Blackboard in the first week of class.Course learning objectives
Students who pass this course should be able to:- describe a number of different theoretical approaches to understanding crime and explain how they are related to one another (as assessed in assignment 1 and the exam)
- describe a number of different theories of offending and explain how they contribute to our understanding of criminal behaviour (as assessed in assignment 1 and the exam)
- apply their knowledge of psychological approaches to understanding crime to a specific case study of offending (as assessed in assignment 2)
- describe and critically evaluate a number of different psychological approaches to reducing crime (as assessed in the exam).
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