Psychology of Crimes

The objectives of this course are;

 Acquire knowledge about crimes and contributory factors from a
psychological point of view and analyze same using psycho-analysis
approaches.
 Obtaining theoretical knowledge about factors that contribute to
a person’s socialization and personality development
 Understand the psychological background that facilitates
victimization
 Acquiring up-to-date knowledge on controlling, reducing and
preventing crimes through understanding the psychological
backgrounds that leads to crime and criminal behaviour
 Expected Main Learning Outcomes

 Students will gain an understanding as to how a person’s mind

and behaviour are modeled and how socialization and
personality plays a significant role in defining these factors and
or deviant behaviour patterns that lead to developing criminals
and victims in the society.
 In addition the students will learn how to mobilize knowledge
in psychological approaches to control, reduce and prevent
crimes in the society.
 01.Introduction to Criminal
Psychology
 Introduction
 The subject areas of Criminal Psychology
 The importance of studying Criminal Psychology
factors that lead people to
commit crimes? The theoretical
background
 Biological factors
 Sociological factors
03.Psychological theories on
criminal behaviour in people
Sigmund Freud and psycho analysis Theory
 04.Psychological theories on
criminal behaviour in people
Conti…..
Carl Jung,
Albert Adler,
Eric Ericson and other psychological views on Personality Development
 05.The psychological background
of Victims and victimization
 Identifying the victims
 Differentiating the victim
 Contributory factors of victimization
 Prevention of victimization
 06.Criminal patterns and
psychological background
 Differentiating the victim
 Timely social trends contributing to crimes
 Patterns of crimes and contributory factors
 07.Psycho analytical studies on
selected Deviant and Criminal
behaviour
 Alcohol and substance abuse
 Prostitutions
 Suicide
 08.Psycho analytical studies on
selected behaviour Conti….
Child abuse
Crimes against women
09.Psychological disorders
and deviant behaviour
Psychological disorders
Psychological disorders and related behaviour
Improving mental health (Local / International
 10.Psychological concepts
and behaviour analysis
Motivation
Sensoriel perceptions
Intelligence and crime
 11.Legal interface of criminal
justice system and criminality
Criminal justice system
Relationship between the Criminal Justice System with criminal and victim
 12.Utilizing theoretical
knowledge in crime preventing
and controlling
Understanding the role of social institutions in crime prevention
13.Mobilizing knowledge on
psychology to environment
development strategies
Prevention of crime through environmental development /Design
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