Forensic Psychology

The Forensic Psychology program from University of Greenwich is designed to prepare you with knowledge and skills required for a career in a forensic setting.

Key Facts:

• While we will do some myth busting around the glamorisation of this field, expect to be as fascinated by this topic as you will have imagined.

• The team responsible for your learning and development throughout this course all have extensive experience working with the police, prison service and the NHS.

• Everything we teach has applied significance – we will share research and practice with you which has been developed ‘in the field’, providing an experience which will feel as though you are on the cutting edge of developments in this area.

• The BPS accreditation means that by obtaining this MSc, you will be completing the first stage in your professional training required to become a qualified practitioner and an accredited Chartered Forensic Psychologist.

Careers and placements

Graduates of this course can pursue a career in:

• Prison service

• Secure forensic hospitals

• Youth offending services and institutions

• Police service

• Security services/agencies

• Data collection and analysis in the Government sector e.g. Ministry of Justice or Home Office

• Academia

Courses include:

• Development of Delinquency and Psychopathy

• Core Research Methods and Analyses

• Psychology and the Criminal Justice System

• Mental Health in Criminal and Forensic Contexts

• The Psychology of Desistance and Reintegration

• Criminal Minds