Practical Training: Legal Psychology in Action

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

Practical Training: Legal Psychology in Action

Full course description

Legal Psychology in Action offers students the opportunity to become familiar with the practical aspects of legal psychology. Students will acquire hands-on experience with the administration of instruments frequently used by legal psychologists, such as tools to measure malingering, suggestibility and compliance. Students will also learn the basics of criminal court proceedings and are informed about the role of an expert witness. Furthermore, professionals in the legal field will provide lectures. Students will spend a substantial amount of time in administrating tests, reading relevant literature and writing case reports. At the end of the practical training, students are expected to act as an expert witness in a mock court case and must submit a written expert witness report.

The final assessment for this course is a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.

Course objectives

At the end of this course students:

  • can administer, interpret, and explain psychodiagnostic assessments applicable to the legal psychology field;
  • can generate, interpret and summarize assessment findings in a research/case report;
  • can generate, check and criticize expert witness reports; Understand court proceedings;
  • have an idea about legal psychology working areas.
PSY4137
Period 1
2 Sep 2024
25 Oct 2024
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ECTS credits: 
6.0
Instruction language: 
English
Coordinators:
Teaching methods: 
Assignment(s), Lecture(s), Paper(s), PBL, Skills, Work in subgroups
Assessment methods: 
Attendance, Assignment
Keywords: 
legal assessment tools, case reports, court proceedings