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Study postgraduate online through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

See how psychology interacts with the legal and criminal justice system. Explore the connections between crime and mental health. Deepen your understanding of victims and offenders. Apply your knowledge of human behaviour to real world settings.

Graduate Certificate in Forensic Psychology

Become a highly valued forensic mental health specialist able to practise at an advanced level. Study assessment, legislation and policies, research and evaluation. Examine interventions with offenders, justice and crime, law and behaviour.

Master of Forensic Mental Health

Gain a broad knowledge of forensic mental health and its overlap with the criminal justice system and mental health services. For psychologists, social workers, nurses and psychiatrists to be able to practice at an advanced level.

Graduate Certificate in Forensic Mental Health

Forensic Science & Criminal Justice

Policing Investigations and Intelligence

Homicide

Fundamentals in Forensic Science

Risk Assessment and Management in Forensic Mental Health

Psychology and Policing

Psychology of Investigative and Legal Processes

Psychological Contributions to Understanding Crime

Mental Disorder and Crime

Understanding Crime

Untangle the ‘why’ behind crime by better understanding the perpetrators psyche. You’ll consider how elements such as biology, personality and mental health impact are at play. Get an introduction to forensic psychology and major theories of crime. 

Investigate the legal constructs of insanity and the psychiatric constructs of intellectual disability and mental disorders. Evaluate the relationship between crime, dangerousness and mental disorders in the context of forensic mental health.

Learn how psychology can help police. You’ll dive head-first into false confessions and testimony, interviewing, facial recognition, eyewitnesses and human error. Beyond prosecution, learn how psychologists can assist police in times of stress.  

Interventions and Recovery in Forensic Mental Health (Clinical)

Minority Populations in Forensic Mental Health

Understand how risk assessment tools and management processes are applied to key offender populations. This subject focuses on the prediction of an individual's likelihood of being harmed or harming others due to developmental or environmental factors.

Advanced Assessment & Management in Forensic Mental Health

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