What I will learn?

• 1. Understand the Fundamentals of Criminology: Develop a comprehensive understanding of the field of criminology, including its definition, scope, and key concepts.
• 2. Define and Analyse Crime: Define various forms of crime, from misdemeanours to felonies, personal to property crimes, and white-collar to inchoate crimes. Analyse the causes and motivations behind criminal activities.
• 3. Explore Violent Crimes: Examine the characteristics and patterns of violent crimes such as murder, sexual assault, and assault, and gain insights into the psychology behind these acts.
• 4. Master Crime Scene Investigation: Acquire practical skills in processing and reconstructing crime scenes while learning to avoid common mistakes. Understand how scientific evidence is used to link crimes.
• 5. Enhance Interviewing and Testimony Skills: Develop effective interviewing techniques for witnesses and suspects, and understand how to collect and utilise testimonial evidence. Learn to detect deception and apply psychology to investigations.
• 6. Dive into Criminal Psychology: Explore the criminal process, different categories of crime, and various theories and explanations for criminal behavior. Understand the significance of psychological research in criminology.
• 7. Embrace Forensic Science: Gain knowledge about forensic science, its origins, and its role in solving crimes. Explore forensic pathology, toxicology, ballistics, anthropology, and fingerprint analysis.
• 8. Master the Phases of Profiling: Learn the step-by-step process of criminal profiling, from examining evidence and classification to reconstruction and generating a profile.
• 9. Develop bias-free profiling skills: Understand the importance of eliminating bias in criminal profiling and apply scientific methods, logic, and metacognition to create accurate and unbiased offender profiles.
• 10. Explore Offender Profiling: Compare traditional approaches to offender profiling with modern Behavioural Investigative Adviser (BIA) techniques. Discover how profiling contributes to criminal investigations.
• 11. Understand Victimology: Delve into victimology, including the characteristics of victims, the consequences of crime on victims, victim proneness, facilitation, and victim rights. Gain insight into the impact of crime on individuals and society.
• 12. Navigate the UK Criminal Justice System: Familiarise yourself with the structure of the criminal justice system in England and Wales, including the role of criminal courts and the police in maintaining law and order.