Psychology (Thesis)
Master	TR-NQF-HE: Level 7	QF-EHEA: Second Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 7

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code:

PSY512

Ders İsmi:

Forensic Psychology

Ders Yarıyılı:

Spring

Ders Kredileri:

Theoretical	Practical	Laboratory	ECTS
3	0		6

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Ders Koşulu:

Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?:

Type of course:

Enstitute

Course Level:

Master

TR-NQF-HE:7. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:Second Cycle

EQF-LLL:7. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Asst. Prof. Dr. MELİKE CEYLAN

Course Lecturer(s):

Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives:

1- Will be able to define the field of forensic psychology and the specific application areas of psychology within the legal system.
2- Will be able to establish the relationship between criminal behavior and mental illnesses and psychopathology.
3- Will be able to explain the theories that can explain crime, criminal behavior and delinquency in children, including social and developmental reasons.
4- Has knowledge about criminal profiling and will be able to partially profile.

Course Content:

Introducing the concepts of forensic psychology and basic law, understanding the history of forensic psychology, examining the situations that remove and reduce criminal liability in the Turkish Penal Code and the capacity to act in the Turkish Civil Code, understanding the perspective of psychological theories on crime/criminal, getting to know expression analysis methods; Topics such as examining personality, mood and paraphilia disorders in terms of crime/criminal capacity constitute the content of this course. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the relationship between psychology and law by demonstrating how research and theory in psychology inform the legal process.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) 1- Will be able to define the field of forensic psychology and the specific application areas of psychology within the legal system.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
1) 2- Will be able to establish the relationship between criminal behavior and mental illnesses and psychopathology.
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
1) 3- Will be able to explain the theories that can explain crime, criminal behavior and delinquency in children, including social and developmental reasons.
Field Specific Competence
1) 4- Has knowledge about criminal profiling and will be able to partially profile.
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Ders Akış Planı

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to Forensic Psychology	Preliminary readings on the topics
2)	violence and crime	Preliminary readings on the topics
3)	Interviewing in Forensic Psychology	Preliminary readings on the topics
4)	Interviewing with Criminals	Preliminary readings on the topics
5)	Interviewing with children	Preliminary readings on the topics
6)	Psychopathology and crime	Preliminary readings on the topics
7)	Repeating before midterm	Preliminary readings on the topics
8)	Midterm
9)	eyewitness testimony	Preliminary readings on the topics
10)	Expertise and judicial report	Preliminary readings on the topics
11)	Criminal profiling	Preliminary readings on the topics
12)	Child abuse and neglect evaluations	Preliminary readings on the topics
13)	child dragged into crime	Preliminary readings on the topics
14)	Final exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Howitt, (2018). Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology. 6th Edition, Pearson.
Morgan, C.T. (Amado, B. G., Arce, R., Fariña, F. (2015), Undeutsch hypothesis and criteria based content analysis: A meta-analytic review. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 7(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpal.2014.11.002
American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. Washington, DC. https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/ethics-code- 2017.pdf
Bartol, C.R. & Bartol, A.M. (2016). Criminal Behavior: A Psychological Approach (11thed.). Pearson. ISBN: 1-292-15771-2

References:

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları	1	2	3	4
Program Outcomes
1) It provides innovative, investigative and entrepreneurial competence in the field of psychology.
2) It gives social and ethical responsibility.
3) It gives the ability to communicate effectively with the environment.
4) It makes continuous learning a principle.
5) It enables them to produce original questions that will contribute to problem areas related to the basics of behavior.
6) It provides understanding of the processes and results of research conducted in various disciplines of psychology and producing critical reports.
7) It provides the ability to transform the knowledge and practices acquired during the education into projects and activities within the framework of social responsibility approach.
8) It ensures to have sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality and cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety.
9) By preparing and publishing at least one scientific article related to the field with individual or team work, it enables them to expand the limits of knowledge in the field.
10) It provides the ability to plan and conduct a scientific research in order to answer an original question in the field of psychology.
11) It gives the ability to have an intermediate and/or high level of knowledge in a data analysis program that can be used for research in social sciences.
12) It gives basic information about the rules of operation of people and inter-communal relations.
13) It teaches examples and models related to applications in various disciplines of psychology.

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	It provides innovative, investigative and entrepreneurial competence in the field of psychology.
2)	It gives social and ethical responsibility.
3)	It gives the ability to communicate effectively with the environment.
4)	It makes continuous learning a principle.
5)	It enables them to produce original questions that will contribute to problem areas related to the basics of behavior.
6)	It provides understanding of the processes and results of research conducted in various disciplines of psychology and producing critical reports.
7)	It provides the ability to transform the knowledge and practices acquired during the education into projects and activities within the framework of social responsibility approach.
8)	It ensures to have sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality and cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety.
9)	By preparing and publishing at least one scientific article related to the field with individual or team work, it enables them to expand the limits of knowledge in the field.
10)	It provides the ability to plan and conduct a scientific research in order to answer an original question in the field of psychology.
11)	It gives the ability to have an intermediate and/or high level of knowledge in a data analysis program that can be used for research in social sciences.
12)	It gives basic information about the rules of operation of people and inter-communal relations.
13)	It teaches examples and models related to applications in various disciplines of psychology.

Assessment & Grading

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