Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PSY 405 — Forensic Psychology

PSY department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

The concept of forensic psychology. The central role of the psychology of attribution in forensic psychology. Issues in identification parade. Construction of personality profile of criminals. The psychodynamic and psychosocial aspects of criminal behaviour. Psychological approaches to interrogation and extraction of confession.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PSY 405.

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