Psychology of Criminal Behaviour

What it covers

This unit guides students how to understand and examine psychological theories of crime and then apply guiding principles from these theories into effective correctional policies and practices. The unit will introduce the major empirical and theoretically informed psychological frameworks for understanding criminal behaviour, the major risk factors for criminal conduct, methodologies for assessing these risk factors, and importantly, the Risk Need Responsivity (RNR) model of correctional practice and how this model provides direction to policies in criminal justice agencies internationally.

Assessment

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