Doctor's degrees in Forensic Psychology: A program that prepares individuals to apply clinical, counseling, school, and neuropsychology skills to the provision of psychological services within the criminal justice and civil legal systems, including consultation, assessment, and interventions. Includes instruction in the epidemiology of mental/behavioral disorders, risk factors for violence and criminality, profiling and patterning, psychological testing, prediction and intervention measurement, forensic assessment, criminal and civil law and procedures, secure environments, forensic treatment and intervention skills, and professional standards and ethics.
This doctoral program is offered by the Center for Forensic Studies (CFS), of Alliant International University. CFS specializes in training professionals to become both psychological and legal experts in forensic settings and prepares students for professional licensing.
The Forensic PsyD program emphasizes the application of forensic psychological theory and practice in individual and group settings. Students will receive training and practical...
The Forensic Emphasis familiarizes and prepares students to practice clinical psychology in a forensic environment. Students are trained to apply the theory and practice of clinical psychology to human problems in a legal context.
The emphasis requires three courses: Introduction to Clinical Forensics (1 unit), Comprehensive Forensic Diagnostics (2 units) and Seminar in Psycho-Legal Evaluation (2 units). Other possible courses that may be offered...
The Forensic Emphasis familiarizes and prepares students to practice clinical psychology in a forensic environment. Students are trained to apply the theory and practice of clinical psychology to human problems in a legal context.
The emphasis requires four courses: Introduction to Clinical Forensics (1 unit), Comprehensive Forensic Diagnostics (2 units) and Seminar in Psycho-Legal Evaluation (2 units). Other possible courses that may be offered...
Students in the Clinical PhD Program in Forensic Psychology, a doctoral program offered on the Fresno Campus of Alliant International University, are trained as forensic clinicians, where the focus is on working with forensic populations.
Coursework in this program emphasizes an integration between forensic clinical psychology, forensic research, criminology and law.
Courses include information on the justice system, legal research, and psychological...
Policy and Justice Track. With an emphasis on psycho-legal research, courses focus on the legal and justice system, organization development, expert witness testimony, human trafficking, torture, war crimes, genocide, civil rights, federal administration, international treaties and forensic psychology.
The Forensic PsyD program emphasizes the application of forensic psychological theory and practice in individual and group settings. Students will receive training and practical experience working with clients from a number of different venues including juvenile hall, jail, prison, California Youth Authority, probation, parole, group homes, and other forensic settings. Students will become familiar with legislation pertaining to forensic mental health...
The forensic psychology emphasis focuses on the relationship and interdependency of law, social science and clinical practice. It provides the basic foundation for post-graduate training for a career in forensic clinical psychology. The emphasis requires the completion of an introductory course in forensics, which acquaints the student with the nature of the legal system and the varied roles of psychologists within it. This introduction also includes...
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