FSP AC-104: Forensic Psychology Session 2015-16
OVERVIEW ABOUT SIFS INDIA COURSE INTRODUCTION ENTRY REQUIREMENTS HOW TO APPLY FEE STRUCTURE COURSE MODULES CAREER PROSPECTS LIBRARY TRAINING & INTERNSHIP CONTACT US 01 01 02 02 02 03 07 08 08 08
ABOUT SIFS INDIA SIFS INDIA was founded from 2005 with an aim to impart high quality and easily accessible Forensic Services and Education to meet the growing demand of Law enforcement and other Government and private legal Departments. We aim to encourage new developments and research in the field of Forensic Sciences including Cyber Law, Cyber Forensic, Fingerprint Verification and Handwriting Analysis. SIFS INDIA is registered with Govt. of India, We provide various science services including- Forensic Education-Department of Education provides various Forensic Science Courses in the fields of Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation. These courses provide you advantages for the development of your career in the fields of Private Forensic Investigation, Banks, Police Departments, Detective agency, IT industries, IB, CBI and many more.. We impart services to the several Govt. and Corporate agency to help them in field of forensics under our other departments such as- Forensic Investigation Forensic Training Forensic Internship Forensic Research Security Services Scientific Equipment Department COURSE INTRODUCTION Forensic psychology is the intersection between Psychology and Legal system. It involves detecting criminal actions and understanding criminalminds. Forensic psychologists work with law enforcement team and investigation agencies to improve justice in the country. Psychology and Legal System In this module we will discuss about crime and forensic psychology, relation between forensic psychology and legal system, operation of domestic courts and domestic issues. Professional Practice, Forensic Risk Assessment, Psychology, Investigation and the Courtroom, Violent and Sexual offenders: Intervention, Forensic Mental Health, Forensic Psychiatry. FSP AC-104: FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 01
HOW TO APPLY 1. First select the course. Then Check the fees and fill up the complete online application form or download the application form. 2. Make sure to sign the application form. Include your complete mailing address and all other details. Please provide telephone number and/or email address and also attach a selfattested photograph of the candidate. 3. Things to be send with application form: Attach photocopies of the Academic qualification certificates duly attested by a notary or a Gazetted Officer (Mandatory); Send three additional passport size photographs along with the application form. Payment: Include the total fee as per the course selected as per your choice. Amount can be deposited in the bank or send a cheque or demand draft (DD) or money order (MO) or banker's cheque in favor of "SIFS INDIA" payable in Delhi. Visit: www.sifsindia.com/payment Post/e-Mail the above required items to- SIFS INDIA, 2443, Basement, Hudson Line, Kingsway Camp, Delhi-110009, India. What You Will Receive: Admission Letter, Online User name and Password to excess the course content, Printed Material (Books / Notes/ CD/DVD/Software's/Tools/Kit) (For Distance Courses Only), Identity Card and Examination Card, Course Completion Certificate, Mark Sheet and Certification. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS LEVEL - I 12th Passed in any discipline from Recognized Board/School/basic knowledge of Science related field. FEE FOR ADVANCE COURSE LEVEL - II Graduation Passed from Registered Board/College and basic knowledge of Science related field. LEVEL-I ` 10,000/- LEVEL-II ` 15,000/- 02 FSP AC-104: FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE MODULES MODULE-1 MODULE-2 MODULE-3 MODULE-4 MODULE-5 MODULE-6 MODULE-7 MODULE-8 MODULE-9 MODULE-10 MODULE-11 MODULE-12 MODULE-13 MODULE-14 MODULE-15 MODULE-16 MODULE-17 PSYCHOLOGY AND LEGAL SYSTEM CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR THEORIES PSYCHOPATHOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY ETHICS RESEARCHES AND STATISTICS FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY ASSESSMENTS ASSESSMENT AND DEALING OF SEX OFFENDERS SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND ASSESSMENT VICTIMOLOGY FAMILY LAW ISSUES KIDS AND JUVENILES IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM INTERVIEWING AND INTERROGATION PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILING POLICE PSYCHOLOGY COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE TERRORISM AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
MODULE-1 PSYCHOLOGY AND LEGAL SYSTEM 1.1 Psychology and legal involves pragmatic 1.2 Psychological investigation of the law 1.3 Legal organisations 1.4 The survey of theory and pragmatic research in Psychology and Law 1.5 The implications of psychological theories 1.6 Researches for legal theories 1.7 Variability of policies, processes, and applies within the legal organisation 1.8 Introduction to the researches in social psychology 1.9 Cognitive psychology and clinical psychology to inspect evidence law such as eyewitnesses proof 1.10 Polygraphy 1.11 introduction to procedure and numerous matters in criminal law 1.12 Briefly introduction to Antidiscrimination Law, Family Law, Tort Law etc. 1.13 The concepts of responsibility, retribution, deterrence, racial bias, and procedural justice. 1.14 Concepts of criminal ability and constitutional notions of due procedure and fair action as they affect to the psychologically ill 1.15 Concept of dangerousness as it smears in both criminal civil commitment and sex offender pledge proceedings 1.16 Developmentally disabled kids with an stress on their development MODULE-2 CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR THEORIES 2.1 Criminal behaviour theories 2.1.1 The theories of cognition 2.1.2 Psychodynamic theories 2.1.3 Biological/genetic theories 2.1.4 Behavioural theories and 2.1.5 Social theories 2.2 Introduced with sex offenses, violence, aggression 2.3 Role of constituent exploitation in criminal behaviour 04 FSP AC-104: FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
MODULE-3 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 3.1 The classifications of mental disorders 3.2 Manifestations and its symptoms and treatment issues MODULE-4 FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 4.1 An introduction to procedure, test design, psychometrics and the report format of psychological assessment MODULE-5 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY ETHICS 5.1 The potentials for professional and ethical performance as it relates to forensic psychology facilities 5.2 Conflicts between the psychology and law deliberated from the points of psychology and the law system MODULE-6 RESEARCHES AND STATISTICS 6.1 Research methodologies, its techniques and the implementations 6.2 Rudimentary descriptive and inferential figures in psychology MODULE-7 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY ASSESSMENTS 7.1 The capability to criminal insanity defences 7.2 Stand trial, risk of dangerousness and pre-sentencing 7.3 Forensic assessments instruments 7.4 Issues related to forensic investigators role and their legal responsibilities MODULE-8 ASSESSMENT AND DEALING OF SEX OFFENDERS 8.1 The procedures used in evaluating sex offenders 8.2 Theories about personal and intra-psychic presentations 8.3 Aberrant arousal and the cognitive distortions 8.4 Legal difficulties rising from obligatory treatments 8.5 Time-consuming commitment for hazardous sex offenders MODULE-9 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND ASSESSMENT 9.1 Inspect about underlying ideas of the pathology of addiction comprising genetic and biological theories FSP AC-104: FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 05
9.2 Psychodynamic theories 9.3 Present assessments and intrusion techniques 9.1.1 Psychodynamic 9.1.2 Psychopharmacological and 9.1.3 Cognitive behavioural MODULE-10 VICTIMOLOGY 10.1 The psychology of the victim within cultural and social contexts 10.2 The psychological victimization 10.3 Violent and sexual 10.4 The relationship between preceding victimization as a pioneer in criminal behaviour MODULE-11 FAMILY LAW ISSUES 11.1 The psychological-legal matters regarding child custody, guardianship, divorce, intra-family violence and sex aberrant 11.2 Particular stress on divorce arbitration 11.3 Child custody assessment 11.4 Issues and difficulties related to this MODULE-12 KIDS AND JUVENILES IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM 12.1 The variances in the handling of juvenile offenders from mature person in the legal system 12.2 History and role of juvenile justice system from both legal and mental fitness perceptions 12.3 Current trends dealing with increasing criminalization ideas of juveniles conduct MODULE-13 INTERVIEWING AND INTERROGATION 13.1 The techniques of interviewing and interrogation in criminals and terrorism investigations 13.2 Cultural facets of interviewing 13.3 Issues and problems of false confession 13.4 The use of the polygraph 13.5 Legal and ethical issues surrounding interrogations 06 FSP AC-104: FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
MODULE-14 PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILING 14.1 The limitations of psychological profiling in criminal investigations 14.2 The psychological principles 14.3 Crime scene analysis and its relations to both the demographic and psychological features of a pool of unknown criminal respondents 14.4 Procedures to identify potential serial crimes will be discussed MODULE-15 POLICE PSYCHOLOGY 15.1 The psychological aspects of working for of within police supports 15.2 Areas to be covered include personality valuation as to appropriate for police work 15.3 Psychological consequences 15.4 Legal liability 15.5 Practical issues for the mental health professional when working within or for a police organization MODULE-16 COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE 16.1 History and present standing of counterintelligence from the viewpoint of intelligence agencies, terrorist crowd etc. 16.2 The psychological factors 16.3 Inspirations, strategic intent and defence interconnection 16.4 Recent threats -cyber securities and cognition securities MODULE-17 TERRORISM AND COUNTER-TERRORISM 17.1 The history and recent status of terrorism and counterterrorism 17.2 Present scientific studies of the interaction among psychological factors, cultural norms and religious CAREER PROSPECTS Forensic Psychologist: Forensic psychologists provide sentencing recommendations, treatment recommendations, and any other information the judge requests, such as information regarding mitigating factors, assessment of future risk, and evaluation of witness credibility. Forensic psychology also involves training and evaluating police or other law enforcement personnel, providing law enforcement with criminal profiles and in other ways working with police departments. Forensic psychologists work both with the Public Defender, FSP AC-104: FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 07
the States Attorney, and private attorneys. Forensic psychologists may also help with jury selection. Counsellor: Counsellor is the person who is hired by the administration to consel its employees with their problems. Placement agency:- In Govt.Sectors: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Forensic Science Lab (CFSL), State Forensic Lab (SFL), Government Medical sector. In private sectors: NGO', Private Detective Agencies, Leading Companies, Medical & health welfare companies.. LIBRARY We have online Forensic e-library, which have more than 1000 Forensic Books. We provide membership number with username and password to enrolled students. Students can use this to access our online materials straight away. TRAINING & INTERNSHIP After completion of online course we provide Training and Internship which help in making your career as a Forensic Expert. Training includes several practical aspects with real cases and crime scene visit. 2015-16 All right including copyrights reserved with the publishers. No part of this book may be reproduced or Copied in any form of by any means (Graphic, Electronic or Mechanical), or reproduced on any information storage devices, without the written permission of the publishers. Note: Due care has been taken while publishing this book, but the author, Publisher and Printers are not responsible in any manner for any mistake that may have inadvertently crept in. In case of doubts the reader shall cross-check the contents with original Government Publication of Notifications, Any mistakes noted may be brought to our notice which shall be taken care in the next edition. All disputes subject to Delhi Jurisdiction only. CONTACT US Published by 2015-16 SIFS INDIA Office: 2443, Basement, Hudson Line, Kingsway Camp, Delhi-110009, India Phone : +91-11-47074263, +91-9871502343 Email : education@sifs.in, Web : www.sifs.in 08 FSP AC-104: FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY