PSY 37002 CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY: SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR (3)

Through hands on activities and case studies, this course explores the role of clinical history, traumatic experiences and learned behaviors, in criminal acting-out, with reference to the fields of criminal psychology and neuropsychology, anthropology, profiling and forensic psychology.  Analyzes different types of violent crime in the context of brain dysfunction, brain injury, prolonged trauma, intellectual deficits, sexual deviance and mental and/or personality disorders.  Integrates the theories and methods necessary for the scientifically informed observation involved in the screening of qualitative identification of criminal behavior.  Considers the role of development factors in the emergence  of a criminal behavior.