Department of Counselling and Psychology Course Outline
Course Title
Criminal Psychology
Course Code PSY350
Number of Credits 3
Duration of Weeks 15
Contact Hours Per Week 3 hours 
Pre-requisite Course(s) N/A
Course Aims
This course helps students to appreciate the complexities of what constitute a criminal behaviour considering the cultural, social, legal, emotional, moral, religious, political and technological variables pertinent to such actions. Students are intellectually challenged to view a person’s offending behaviours in a critical manner and empowered to think in an innovative way how crimes can be investigated and prevented.
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