Forensic psychology WF-PS-N-NPS
Lectures:
1. Forensic psychology - definitions.
2. The history of forensic psychology.
3. The theoretical basis of explaining criminal offences.
4. Forensic psychology expert witness - legal provisions regulating the work of a forensic psychology expert witness (criminal, civil, family, welfare cases).
5. Forensic psychological assessment as evidence in various court cases (duties, the subject of expertise, the form and content of the assessment, independent and complex assessment).
6. Problematics: the assessment of the character type of a perpetrator, an analysis of the motivation, situational conditioning of an offence, offences committed in groups, a pathological aspect of the motivation, problematics of the limited ability of self-control.
7. Diagnosis of the intellectual processes.
8. Criminality and health and life safety - the psychological aspect.
9. A psychologic opinion in adult cases.
10. Legal aspects of the criminal liability of underage.
11. Forensic psychological assessment in court cases of underage.
12. The assessment of emotional and social maturity.
13. The assessment of the psychological development influencing the liability from the article 10 penal code kk.
14. The stages in work of forensic expert witness psychologist and formal requirements for the assessment.
15. Ethical aspects of the work of a forensic expert witness.
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge: A student has knowledge on what issues forensic psychology deals with and indicates the legal aspects; knows how to use the forensic psychology knowledge in criminal, civil, family cases; knows the policy of writing an assessment, can define the role of court expert, explains the bases of law normalization, which apply in writing an opinion for a need of process organ; can evaluate on the role of the motivational process in explaining an offence.
Skills: A student can define relationships between law normalization, a forensic psychological assessment requirements in court cases; can plan the assessment and provide a juridical expertise; critically assess forensic-psychology materials, organizes and classifies psychopathological and judicial knowledge and on their basis, comes to a conclusion of an assessment; knows the duties and obligations of forensic psychology expert witness and the rules of cooperation with the courts; can give an expertise respecting the rights of the assessed and work ethics.
Capacity: A student acts according to the rules of giving an assessment, is precautious and responsible in formulation of the assessment; can differentiate between the scales of issues and realistically assess own strengths; identifies relationships between the assessment’s influence on the court case; is objective while formulating an assessment; is open to teamwork and is aware of the necessity of updating own knowledge.
ECTS:
Taking part in a lecture – 30 hours
Preparations for lectures – 20 hours
Consultations – 10 hours
Preparation for an exam – 30 hours
Sum of hours – 90 [90 : 30 (25) = 3]
Number of ECTS – 3.
Assessment criteria
Knowledge:
(2): A student does not know what issues forensic psychology deals with; does not know major principles of giving an assessment; does not know basic law normalizations, which have usage in writing an assessment for legislative purposes.
(3): A student has a general knowledge of forensic psychology, but is unable to show its specifics in certain types of court cases; knows some principles of giving an assessment and law normalizations.
(4): A student has accurate knowledge of forensic psychology, including judicature in different types of court cases, knows major principles of giving an assessment, is able to describe the role of an expert witness, knows the basics of law normalizations; can evaluate on the role of the motivational process in explaining an offence.
(5): A student has perfect knowledge from the field of forensic psychology, including different types of court cases, knows the principles of writing an opinion and an expert witness's duties; knows law normalizations in details; can explain the motivational processes in the genesis of an offensive act.
Skills:
(2): A student is unable to define the usage of law normalizations on his own; cannot define the range of forensic-psychiatric material; does not understand the principles of giving an assessment; does not know the work ethics, own rights and duties.
(3): A student does not understand the relationships between law normalization and an assessment requirements in various court case; identifies the range of forensic-psychological material, but cannot critically assess its value; has difficulties with classification of the forensic psychological knowledge; knows the rights and duties of an expert witness, but is unable to relate them to the cooperation with courts; does not always follow the work ethics.
(4): A student correctly interprets the relationships between law normalizations and an assessment requirements and expert’s duties in different types of court cases; knows the range of forensic-psychological material and critically evaluates upon it; can plan the assessment; is able to justify the assessment and used criteria; follows the rules of cooperation with courts; follows the work ethics.
(5): A student perfectly knows the relationships between law normalizations and duties of an expert witness in various court cases; critically identifies the range of forensic-psychological material and assesses its value; can evaluate upon contradictions in the assessment; can organize and classify psychopathological and judicial knowledge and uses it in planning of the assessment and formulation of a court expertise; knows the principles of giving an assessment; follows the rules applicable when working with courts; always takes into consideration the work ethics; respects the rights of the assessed.
Capacity:
(2): A student is unaware of the limits to the diagnostic process; formulates conclusions in a careless and irresponsible manner; does not see the need for a substantive discussion; draws conclusions based only on the partial material.
(3): A student is aware of the limits of diagnostic and juridical work but does not attempt at minimising them; formulates conclusions hastily and does not take into consideration the juridical consequences; is not always ready to work in a team; does not comment on other’s assessment.
(4): A student is aware of the limits of diagnostic and juridical work and takes them into consideration when formulating opinions; can differentiate between problems of different scales, but not always realistically assesses own capabilities; is aware of the influence of expertise on the development of the court case; aims at objectivism in his assessment of the juridical material; is ready to work with a team of experts, but does not always comment on other experts’ assessments.
(5): A student always approaches the juridical material with care and responsibility; is deeply involved in a constructive discussion about the diagnosis and assessment; aims at explaining all ambiguities and contradictions in the material; can differentiate between scales of problems and realistically assesses own capabilities; is fully aware of the importance of an assessment to the development of a court case; aims at being objective in his assessment; is open to teamwork with other experts and constructive polemics with others.
Effect of knowledge:
Didactic method – problem-based lectures, multi-media presentations, case studies, discussions.
Verification – written exam.
Effect of skills:
Didactic method – short presentations given by students, case studies, situational method, discussion of the round table
Verification – discussion, written exam.
Effect of capacity:
Didactic method – case studies, situational method, discussion of the round table, simulation.
Verification – discussion, consultations.
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Term 2021/22_Z:
Entry requirements: basic knowledge of clinical, developmental and general psychology. |
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