Class Legal and Forensic Psychology

This course aims to bring students closer to the theoretical and operational concepts of Psychology in the domains legal and judicial, preparing them to understand psychocriminal discourse and to cooperate with forensic psychologists. The aim is for students to understand the nature of the work of criminal and forensic psychologists. in justice, as well as the concept and operationality of psychological legal intervention. In this line, it becomes a fundamental subject for professional practice, while at the same time training students for multidisciplinary intervention.

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Legal and Forensic Psychology: notion, object and framework. Historical trajectory. Different designations and their reasons. Psychology and Criminology complementarity: The question of behaviors, precipitating causes; deviant and associative behaviors. Methodology. The juspsychological and psychoinclusive interventions: concepts and legitimation; Specific areas. Psychology and Criminology in the Justice System. Juspsychological intervention method. Forensic Psychogical assessment: Concept, object and application. The utility of psychological assessment for criminological assessment. The psychological contribution in non-criminal legal areas. Psychological autopsy: Concept, legal framework and method. Application to practical cases. Investigation in Legal and Forensic Psychology: Privileged fields and association with Criminology

The assessment is distributed across the following elements: (a) attendance at theoretical, practical and theoretical-practical classes, and participation in them; (b) attendance at all sessions indicated by teachers, with the preparation of a short piece of work in class (40%); (c) completion of a frequency (60%). For the purposes of weighting the assessment, paragraph (b) requires participation and preparation of a report in all sessions, with a maximum number of 3.

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