JUDICIAL PSYCHOLOGY

LAWG295

Course Code: LAWG295
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 1
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Duygu Merki Çoksezen

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

will be able to understand the place of psychology in law,
will be able to analyze the criminal and convicted persons,
will be able to see the extent of injustice,
will be able to provide a strategic approach by analyzing the relationships within the mechanism of criminal justice.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Definition, subject, scope and aims of Forensic Psychology
2^nd Week	Psychology of violence
3^rd Week	Crime and violence
4^th Week	Personality theories
5^th Week	Consciousness, subconscious, unconscious concepts
6^th Week	Psychology of Crime
7^th Week	Sense of Injustice
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Psychology of judgment
10^th Week	Psychology of victims
11^th Week	Psychology of witness
12^th Week	Juvenile Delinquency
13^th Week	Criminal Psychology
14^th Week	Prisons, Criminal Justice

Recommended or Required Reading

Andreas Kapardis, Psychology and law : a critical introduction, Cambridge University Press.
Yasemin Işıktaç, Adalet Psikolojisi, İstanbul.
Faruk Erem, Adalet Psikolojisi, A.Ü. Yayınları
Mustafa Tören Yücel, Adalet Psikolojisi, Ankara
Diğer Kaynaklar
Makale ve kitaplar

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	18	18
Course hours	14	2	28
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	16	16
Laboratory (including preparation)	14	1	14
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1
K2
K3	X	X	X	X
K4	X	X	X	X
K5
K6
K7			X	X
K8
K9
K10	X	X	X	X
K11	X	X	X	X
K12