B001788 - FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

Italian

Relationships between psychology and law, social rules and juridical rules, sense of in/justice and sense of responsability. Elements of law for psychologists: sources and divisions of the juridical system: penal trial, civil trial, juvenile court. Deviance and criminality. The victim. Trial prove and juridical reasoning. Methodology for forensic psychology. Psychological giudicial examinations. Psychojuridical deontology. Legislative psychology.

The aims of the course are:
- to provide an overview of the intersections between law and psychology;
- to explain main topics of forensic psycology;
- to become familiar with the wide variety of concepts and questions of forensic psycology and of its recent national and international development;
- to promote a critical view of making justice in a complex perspective;
- to give examples of collaboration between forensic and psychological operators;
- to promote ability of a psychoforensic interpretation of judicial cases;
- expanding knowledge of the professional role played by forensic psychologist;
- to develop the ability to apply some important ethical guidelines for the forensic psychologist, also with references to actual cases.

Basic psychological knowledges

Lectures, group discussions, and the use of audio-visual material.

Oral exam, with questions aimed to assess: the mastery of content, theoretical approaches and methodologies of forensic psychology, the ability to communicate on the relevant issues related to resources and issues of the discipline and the role of the forensic psychologist;
the ability to apply theoretical knowledge and forensic psychology and ethics rules to specific cases.

There could be the opportunity for short talks and presentations by students on specific topics proposed during the course.

The course aims to deepen interfaces between psychology and right, human behaviour and law, with special reference to application of psychological knowledge in penal, civil and juvenile forensic field. Examined topics are methodological, deontological and psychosocial aspects of doing justice; the sense of in-justice; phases, rules and dynamics of trial system and theatre; cognitive and affective dimensions of trial; forensic communication; victimology and criminal psychology; investigative psychology; testimony and prove psychology; psychological giudicial examinations and expertise; mediation; legal and court decisions; inferential errors and forensic victimology; penitentiary psychology; penalty philosophy and alternative measures; rules and training of the forensic psychologist and relationship with forensic operators.