Introduction to the Program

This training will generate a sense of confidence in the psychologist’s professional practice, which will help them grow both personally and professionally”

The objective of the Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology and Damage Assessment is to cover a field of research that is booming thanks to professionals who want to be qualified in this area. This program is intended to provide knowledge about multiple topics that are developed within forensic psychology as well as the explanation and implementation of various questionnaires used in professional practice that help to know the current pathologies in the individual, to be able to make the assessment of them when it is appropriate.

This Master's Degree has several theoretical blocks where topics such as the definition of forensic psychology and its course in Spain, aspects of childhood and child custody, adolescence and criminal careers, gender violence, homicides, psychopathic personality, sexual offenders, sadistic personality, care of people with mental illness and old age, psychometric tests used in various issues of forensic psychology, expertise and forensic psychological report along with the emergent assessment of psychological damage as a sequel, care of people with mental illness and old age, psychometric tests used in various issues of forensic psychology, expertise and forensic psychological report along with the emerging assessment of psychological damage as a consequence of various procedures.

Update your knowledge through the Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology and Damage Assessment”

This Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology and Damage Assessment contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:

  • More than 75 practical cases presented by experts in Forensic Psychology
  • The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
  • Recent developments on the role of the forensic psychologist
  • Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
  • Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
  • With special emphasis on evidence-based psychology and research methodologies in Forensic Psychology
  • All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
  • Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This Master's Degree may be the best investment you can make in choosing an up-to-date program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Forensic Psychology and Damage Assessment, you will obtain a degree from TECH Global University”

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of Legal and Forensic Psychology, who pour the experience of their work into this course, as well as recognized specialists belonging to scientific reference societies.

Thanks to its multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, it will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning, that is to say, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to prepare in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the psychologist will be supported by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in the field of Judicial Forensic Psychology with extensive teaching experience.

Increase your decision-making confidence by updating your knowledge through this Master's Degree"

Take the opportunity to learn about the latest advances in Forensic Psychology and Damage Assessment and develop yourself in this exciting field"

Syllabus

The content structure has been designed by a team of professionals from the best forensic centers and universities in the national territory, aware of the current relevance of training to be able to intervene in situations that require a legal and forensic psychological approach, and committed with quality teaching through new educational technologies.

This Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology and Damage Assessment contains the most complete and up-to-dated program on the market”

Module 1. Forensic Psychology

1.1. Introduction to Forensic Psychology

Module 2. Children and Adolescents in Court

2.1. Infancy and Forensic Psychology
2.1.1. Interviewing Minor
2.1.2. Contested Custody and Guardianship Evaluation
2.1.3. Sexual Assault in Children
2.1.4. Sexual Assault Assessment
2.1.5. Risk Factors for Delinquency
2.1.6. Psychopathic Disorders Associated with Delinquency
2.1.7.  Assessment of Violent Behavior

Module 3. Abuse

3.1. The Abusive Man
3.2. The Victim
3.3. The Dynamics of the Abusive Relationship
3.4. Sexual Aggressions
3.5. SALS (Sexual Abuse Legitimacy) Scale and the Credibility of the Parties
3.6. Impulse Control Disorders
3.7. Personality Disorders

Module 4. Different Personalities Focused on the Legal Field

4.1. Personality Theories

4.1.1. Psychoanalytic Theory
4.1.2. SelfConcept Theory
4.1.3. Trait Theory
4.1.4. Social Theories
4.1.5. Eysencks Broad Trait Theory
4.1.6. Millon's Theory, Diagnoses and Violent Personality

4.2. Psychopathic Personality

4.2.1. Psychopathy
4.2.2. Primary Psychopath
4.2.3. Anticipatory Anxiety
4.2.4. Consciousness Learning
4.2.5. Empathy and Awareness
4.2.6. Moral Reasoning
4.2.7. Secondary Psychopathy
4.2.8. Recidivism Between Primary and Secondary

4.3. Types of Sex Offenders
4.4. Marshalls Theory and the Etiology of Sexual Delinquency
4.5. Sadistic Personality Disorder

Module 5. Mental Illness and Old Age

5.1. Dementia
5.2. Amnestic Disorder
5.3. Mood Disorder
5.4. Assessment of Mental Impairment and Intelligence
5.5. Concept of Imputability

Module 6. Psychometric Tests

6.1. CUIDA Questionnaire
6.2. Questionnaire on Impulsivity: Plutchik
6.3. Questionnaire for Psychopathological Screening PAI
6.4. MMSE Questionnaire for Dementia Assessment

Module 7. Judicial Expertise- Psychological Assessment

7.1. Forensic Psychological Expertise

7.1.1. Identifying Injuries

7.2. Identification of Sequelae
7.3. Forensic Psychological Reports
7.4. Quantification of Lesions
7.5. Quantification of Sequelae

Module 8. Judicial Psychology- Legal Approach to Concepts

8.1. Psychologists Assigned to the Courts

8.1.1. Introduction
8.1.2. Family Psychologists
8.1.3. Psychologists from Forensic Medical Clinics
8.1.4. Child Psychologists
8.1.5. Penitentiary Surveillance Psychologists
8.1.6. Psychologists in Victim Assistance

8.2. The Judicial Psychological Report of the Victim

8.2.1. Introduction the Expert Report
8.2.2. Conducting Interviews to Obtain Data
8.2.3. Types of Interviews
8.2.4. Conditions for Conducting the Interview
8.2.5. Basic Aspects of the Victims Psychological Expert Report
8.2.6. Specific Characteristic of the Victims Psychological Expert Report
8.2.7. Psychological Damage the Victim
8.2.8. Psychopathology and Criminal Victimization

8.3. The Psychological Expert Report of the Offender

8.3.1. Introduction to the Offenders Psychological Expert Report
8.3.2. Psychological Studies
8.3.3. Study of Personality
8.3.4. Study of intelligence
8.3.5. Drafting the Expert Report
8.3.6. Offenses

8.4. Essential Aspects in Forensic Psychology

8.4.1. Violent Personality and Psychopathy
8.4.2. Social and Biological Bases of Violence
8.4.3. The Violent Personality
8.4.4. Psychopathy: Raine and Hare's Theory
8.4.5. Sexual Assault
8.4.6. Types of Offenders in Forensic Psychology
8.4.7. Sexual Assault in Children
8.4.8. Etiology of Sexual Delinquency: Marshall's Theory
8.4.9. Abuse in Forensic Psychology
8.4.10. The Abuser
8.4.11. The Victim
8.4.12. Dynamics of the Abusive Relationship
8.4.13. Credibility of Testimony
8.4.14. Criteria-Based Content Analysis: CBCA.
8.4.15. System for Analyzing the Validity of Statements(SVA)
8.4.16. Interviewing Minor
8.4.17. The Credibility of Testimony in the Case of Adults
8.4.18. Addictions
8.4.19. Considerations on the Criminal Treatment of Drug Addiction
8.4.20. SubstanceInduced Behavioral and Conduct Disorders
8.4.20. The Psychological Profile of the Substance User
8.4.22. The Evaluation of a Drug Addict From an Experts Point of View
8.4.23. Accidents, Impairment and Disability
8.4.24. Interview With the Alleged Incapacitated Person Due Cognitive Deficit
8.4.25. Expert Appraisals Due to External Causes: Aggressions, Traffic and Labor Accidents (Tce)
8.4.26. Psychoneurological Assessment of Head Injury Basic Intervention Methodology
8.4.27. Evolution of Tces at the Forensic Level in General Terms Over Time

8.5. Specific Evaluation Techniques within Forensic Psychology

8.5.1. Introduction
8.5.2. The Interview in Forensic Psychology
8.5.3. Imputability Custody and Guardianship Evaluation
8.5.4. Assessment of Violent Behavior
8.5.5. Interviews
8.5.6. Scales
8.5.7. Self-reports
8.5.8. Assessment of Sexual Offenders
8.5.9. Assessment of Intelligence and Mental Impairment
8.5.10. Assessment of Victims of assault
8.5.11. Skill Evaluation

8.6. Mental Disorders Responsibility

8.6.1. Imputability
8.6.2. Relationship between Mental Disorders and Forensic Involvement
8.6.3. Major or Mild Neurocognitive Disorder Due to Alzheimer's Disease
8.6.4. Spectrum of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
8.6.5. Major Depression Disorder
8.6.6. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
8.6.7. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
8.6.8. Somatic Symptom Disorders
8.6.9. Dissociative Identity Disorder
8.6.10. Personality Disorders

Module 9. Judicial Expertise - Physical Damage Assessment

9.1. Medical Assessment of Damage to the Person

9.1.1. Damage Repair

9.2. Psychological Assessment

9.2.1. Deficiency
9.2.2. Disability
9.2.3. Handicap

9.3. Medical and Psychological Evaluation

9.3.1. Other Criminal Damages

9.4. Medical and Psychological Evaluation

9.4.1. Other Civil Damages (I)

9.5. Medical Assessment

9.5.1. Other Civil Damages (II)

9.6. Medical Assessment

9.6.1. Occupational Damages

9.6.1.1. Classification of Accidents
9.6.1.2. Occupational Risk Prevention
9.6.1.3. Negligence

9.7. The Medical Report in the Valuation of Damage

A unique, key and decisive experience to boost your professional development and improve your teaching techniques”

Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology and Damage Assessment

Who better than a psychologist to unravel those metal and/or emotional impulses that provoke certain people to execute fateful unnatural actions? Sometimes it is forgotten that part of the cognitive-behavioral analysis should be directed as an auxiliary tool of criminalistics, because without its weight, the judicial system would fall (as has happened many times) in gross errors. The Master's Degree in Forensic Psychology and Damage Assessment offered by TECH Global University is the optimal way for the student to acquire specific and particular competencies that will allow them to provide advice in the investigative police framework or, failing that, in the legal environment. With a 100% online training, asynchronous in its management schedule and dictated by a staff of experts of recognized category, we offer you a curricular complement that will enhance your analytical level and allow you to expand your aspirations in the labor context. Do you want to give your career a fascinating approach that contributes to solve crimes or help victims? You're just a click away.

The forensic and legal side of psychology in a single Master's Degree

Through a comprehensive ten-module syllabus our master's degree will offer you resources, both theoretical and practical, to amplify your vision of human behavior and its interference in judicial matters. Mental disorders associated with crime, collateral damage resulting from the actions of the perpetrator, psychopathic personalities, criminal careers at an early age, expert reports: you will find all these topics here, among others that develop the investigative factor of psychology applied to two lines of action: first, to complement criminalistic and criminological investigations profiling the suspect and second, giving psycho-emotional support to people affected psychologically directly or indirectly by the events that have occurred. Being one of the best online universities in the world and the only one to innovate using the Relearning methodology, we open the doors for you to practice, not only as a general psychologist, but as an excellent professional in the forensic world.