This postgraduate diploma will broaden your horizons as a psychologist and will allow you to grow personally and professionally"

A deep and complete immersion in the strategies and approaches in Criminology from the most updated vision of the current psychological panorama”

This postgraduate diploma provides extensive knowledge in advanced models and techniques in Criminal Psychopathology. For this, you will have a teaching faculty that stands out for its extensive professional experience in the different fields in which psychology has developed and in different sectors of the population. 

Throughout this program, you will learn the current and newest approaches on this topic. You will deepen in the different theories in Criminology and their application to the phenomenon of gender violence; you will learn to analyze the context where individual behaviors develop, group and organizational processes, as well as to prepare oral and written reports. 

We will not only take you through the theoretical knowledge we offer, but we will introduce you to another way of studying and learning, one which is simpler, more organic and more efficient. We will work to keep you motivated and to develop your passion for learning, helping you to think and develop critical thinking skills.  

A high-level step that will become a process of improvement, not only on a professional level, but also on a personal level.  

An educational program created for professionals who aspire for excellence, and that will enable you to acquire new skills and strategies easily and effectively”

This postgraduate diploma in Criminal Psychopathology contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of 100 case studies presented by experts in Criminology Specialty Violence against Women
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents provide students with scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for Psychologist
• New developments and innovations in the different areas of psychology
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the situations that are presented to the student
• Special emphasis on cutting-edge methodologies
• 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

Access the deep knowledge of Criminal Psychopathology and its multiple implications, in a complete program created to propel you to another professional level”

It includes a very broad teaching staff made up of experts in psychology, who share their work experience in this program, as well as recognized specialists from leading communities and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive program designed to learn in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, where the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced psychology experts. 

Increase your confidence as a psychologist, updating your knowledge through this postgraduate diploma”

This Postgraduate postgraduate diploma marks the difference between a professional with a lot of knowledge, and a professional who knows how to apply it in their daily practice”

The objectives of this program have been established as a guide for the development of all training, with the specific mission of offering the students a very intensive training that really boosts their professional progression. A journey of personal growth that will take you to the top in your intervention as a psychologist. 

If your goal is to improve in your profession, to acquire a qualification that will enable you to compete among the best, then look no further. This training will give your career the boost it needs”

General Objective

• Train professionals qualified for the practice of Criminal Psychology who can intervene with real working capacity and with optimal results, supported by the most updated and useful theoretical and practical knowledge for their profession

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Psychopathology 1 

• Learn the functions, characteristics and limitations of the different theoretical models of psychopathology
• Learn the main processes and stages of psychological development of personality throughout the life cycle in its aspects of normality and abnormality
• Understand different methods of assessment, diagnosis and psychological treatments in different applied areas of psychology
• Be familiar with different research designs, the procedures for the formulation and testing of hypotheses and the interpretation of the results
• Know the different fields of application of developmental psychology and have the necessary knowledge to influence and promote the quality of life of individuals
• Identify the processes and stages of the psychological development of the personality throughout the life cycle. Discriminate in these processes and stages the aspects of normality and abnormality
• Identify methods of psychological assessment, diagnosis and treatment. Discriminate among the evaluation methods the most appropriate one according to the applied field of psychology, as well as the scientific guarantees it presents
• Explain the experimental designs with which psychopathological processes are investigated and explained
• Recognize the areas of application and the circumstances in which the diagnosis and intervention on psychopathological processes should be carried out

Module 2. Psychopathology 2 

• Set the objectives and goals of a psychological intervention, based on the assessment carried out, together with psychological variables relevant to the problem to be assessed
• Discriminate psychological variables according to the triple response system (emotion, cognition, physiological and behavioral), psychological processes (memory, attention, etc.), situational variables, etc
• Identify the appearance of possible problems or difficulties in an evaluation and treatment process
• Identify inter-individual differences in order to adapt to them and develop an appropriate assessment and intervention process
• Identify diagnostic criteria in order to establish them
• Identify the main interaction processes that are related to the problem
• Identify the techniques that allow us to evaluate these processes with the appropriate scientific rigor
• Identify the contextual or situational variables relevant to the problem
• Discriminate which techniques to use for a correct evaluation and intervention of behaviors, depending on the context in which they are developed
• Set objectives in accordance with the results of the evaluation

Module 3. Legal Psychology 

• Identify differences, problems and needs
• Analyze the context in which individual behaviors, group and organizational processes are developed
• Prepare oral and written reports
• Gain knowledge about the deontological obligations of psychology
• Describe and measure variables (personality, intelligence and other skills, attitudes, etc.)
• Learn techniques for writing psychological reports
• Provide feedback to those concerned in an appropriate and accurate manner
• Analyze and interpret the results of the assessment
• Explain human motivations, the biological structures that support them and the psychological mechanisms that organize them
• Plan and conduct an interview
• Identify the context in which individual behaviors, group and organizational processes are developed

Module 4. Criminology 

• Identify and critically explain the different approaches in criminology in relation to the social reaction against crime
• Create prevention programs that respond to the high level of delinquency that exists in society and at the same time treat antisocial and criminal behavior
• Ability to observe and detect antisocial and/or criminal behavior