Psychology with Forensic and Investigative Psychology (Hons) Abertay University

Overview

The first two years of this flexible degree in Psychology with Forensic and Investigative Psychology (Hons) are designed to help you dig deeper into the science behind the way humans think, feel, and behave. In years three and four, you take more advanced options related to your specialist degree pathway. You'll discover just how vital psychology is to criminal investigations.

Abertay University 's academic experts will give you a thorough understanding of this fascinating world, including how to:

• Analyse offender motives.
• Understand offending behaviour.
• Evaluate eyewitness testimony.
• Profile missing people.
• Understand the language of the judicial system.
• Support vulnerable witnesses, victims and offenders.
• Assess and treat of a variety of criminal behaviours.

An analytical approach is needed to evaluate the different kinds of criminal behaviour involved in investigations. You'll learn how to observe behaviour, tackle literature-based research and develop, test and evaluate theories. This culminates in conducting your own supervised research project in your final year, which is one of the corner stones of your degree.

Your Journey Starts Here

You'll uncover the psychological issues involved in the management, investigation and prosecution of crime. Along the way you'll master how to provide rigorous research-based evidence which may be used in the criminal justice system. 

Alongside this, you will gain skills in report writing, numeracy, statistics and IT, communication, and analytical thinking. All of which helps you in the world of work and further study, whichever route you decide on after graduation.