Forensic PsychologySubject regulations
Forensic Psychology links psychology to both criminal behaviour and its reduction and prevention, and to the functions of the legal and correctional systems. This subject will also give students an opportunity to align the strong empirical and theoretical traditions from western psychology to Māori-led approaches to understanding and reducing recidivism, and the overrepresentation of Māori in the criminal justice system.
Forensic Psychology is available as a minor.
To complete a minor in Forensic Psychology, students must complete 60 points, including FPSYC101, FPSYC201, FPSYC301 and 15 points the other papers listed for Forensic Psychology.
Forensic Psychology papers
Code and paper title | Points | |
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CRSCI101Crime Science and Prevention This paper introduces the topics, theories, and approaches that make up Crime Science. The central focus is on understanding crime. | 15 | 25B (Hamilton) & 25B (Online) & 25B (Secondary School - Unistart) |
FPSYC101Forensic and Criminological Psychology This paper introduces students to forensic psychology and encompasses a wide range of topics derived from the intersection of psychology with the... | 15 | 25A (Hamilton) & 25A (Online) & 25A (Secondary School - Unistart) |
PSYCH100Brain, Behaviour and Cognition This paper introduces perceptual systems, mechanisms of learning, emotions and motivation, the biological basis of psychology, such as brain... | 15 | 25A (Hamilton) & 25A (Tauranga) |
PSYCH101Social Psychology, Health and Well-being This paper will introduce major issues in psychology particularly as they relate to health, wellbeing, mental illness, forensic psychology, lifespan... | 15 | 25B (Hamilton) & 25B (Tauranga) |
SOCIO102The Sociology of Crime, Deviance and Social Justice This paper provides students with an introduction to criminology and the criminal justice system, with a focus on the New Zealand context. | 15 | 25A (Hamilton) & 25A (Tauranga) |
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CRSCI201Crime Patterns and Analysis The focus of this paper is on crime as a potentially preventable event. Crimes occur in a patterned way that is partly determined by situational... | 15 | 25A (Online) |
FPSYC201Psychological Criminology Crime is a result of how people think, feel, and behave within their ecological context, making psychology one of the core disciplines in... | 15 | 25B (Online) |
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FPSYC301Correctional Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice This paper examines the application of psychological theory, research and practice to the operation of correctional systems and their various roles... | 15 | 25B (Online) |
PSYCH322Memory and Cognition Research, theories and principles in memory and cognition, with an emphasis on the applications to real-world problems, such as the overlap of... | 15 | 25A (Hamilton) |
- CRSCI101Crime Science and Prevention
This paper introduces the topics, theories, and approaches that make up Crime Science. The central focus is on understanding crime.
Points1525B (Hamilton) & 25B (Online) & 25B (Secondary School - Unistart)FPSYC101Forensic and Criminological PsychologyThis paper introduces students to forensic psychology and encompasses a wide range of topics derived from the intersection of psychology with the...
Points1525A (Hamilton) & 25A (Online) & 25A (Secondary School - Unistart)PSYCH100Brain, Behaviour and CognitionThis paper introduces perceptual systems, mechanisms of learning, emotions and motivation, the biological basis of psychology, such as brain...
Points1525A (Hamilton) & 25A (Tauranga)PSYCH101Social Psychology, Health and Well-beingThis paper will introduce major issues in psychology particularly as they relate to health, wellbeing, mental illness, forensic psychology, lifespan...
Points1525B (Hamilton) & 25B (Tauranga)SOCIO102The Sociology of Crime, Deviance and Social JusticeThis paper provides students with an introduction to criminology and the criminal justice system, with a focus on the New Zealand context.
Points1525A (Hamilton) & 25A (Tauranga) - CRSCI201Crime Patterns and Analysis
The focus of this paper is on crime as a potentially preventable event. Crimes occur in a patterned way that is partly determined by situational...
Points1525A (Online)FPSYC201Psychological CriminologyCrime is a result of how people think, feel, and behave within their ecological context, making psychology one of the core disciplines in...
Points1525B (Online) - FPSYC301Correctional Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice
This paper examines the application of psychological theory, research and practice to the operation of correctional systems and their various roles...
Points1525B (Online)PSYCH322Memory and CognitionResearch, theories and principles in memory and cognition, with an emphasis on the applications to real-world problems, such as the overlap of...
Points1525A (Hamilton)
2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 26 Feb 2025 01:00am