Criminal Psychology DiplomaCR307

Course Info

Distance Learning Support

At Start Learning we pride ourselves on our friendly and supportive tutors. Your tutor support will start as soon as you receive your course and will be valid for 12 months. All our tutors are highly qualified with extensive experience in supporting distance learning students. You contact your tutor via email and they are responsible for marking assignments answering your questions and guiding you through the course.

Entry Requirements

Start Learning’s validated course in Criminal Psychology is open to anyone and no prior knowledge is needed although a reasonable level of literacy is presumed. In addition an intelligent interest in the social-scientific study of crime would be an advantage.

At Start Learning we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.   

Recommended Hours of Study

We recommended you spend approximately 110 hours of your time studying for this course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Course Contents

Module 1 - Introduction (No Essay Required)

Module 2 - Crime and Order Maintenance in Celtic & Roman Britain

Module 3 - Chaos, Confusion and the Beginnings of English Law

Module 4 - Governance by Consent

Module 5 - An Age of Crime

Module 6 - The New Police

Module 7 - Crime Prevention and Community Reassurance

Module 8 - Philosophy and the Criminal Justice System

Module 9 - Biological Theories

Module 10 - Psychological Theories of Crime

Module 11 - Crime and Society

Module 12 - Violence, Psychopathy and Anti-Social Personality Disorder and Objectives

Module 13 - Crime and Psychology

Module 14 - Geographical Profiling

Module 15 – Victimology

Module 16 - Terrorism - Developing Typologies

Module 17 - Different Terrorist Groups

Module 18 - Towards a Common Factor in Terrorism

Module 19 - Theories of Domestic Violence

Module 20 - Youth and Crime

Module 21 - Drug Abuse

Module 22 – Policing

Module 23 - The Law Courts

Module 24 - After Sentence 

Easy Payment Plan

Full Price is £499

A deposit of £250 then 4 Monthly Instalments of £62.25

The deposit is paid at time of enrolment with a fee for postage and packaging.

For postage costs click here: Postage & Packaging

Call us on 0800 074 1222 if you would like to set up a payment plan

Qualification

Awarding Body Information

Ascentis is a Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA) approved national awarding body that designs user-friendly qualifications and supports these with the highest possible standard of customer service. Ascentis is therefore able to offer a comprehensive ladder of opportunities to centres and their learners, starting at Pre-Entry programmes and progressing to QAA-recognised Access to HE qualifications or professional Further Education Teaching Certificates.

Assessment

At the end of each section of this Criminal Psychology course there are a number of activities, 50% of which are designed to get you to organise the information you have acquired into a format that you feel comfortable with.  You are also required to write 1 x 500 word essay after completing each section.  It is only the essays that need be submitted for assessment for this Criminal Psychology Diploma.

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

Language of Course

English