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The course is aimed at professionals who work with children caught up in the legal system (e.g. police officers, social workers, children's guardians etc.); the course informs practitioners of relevant psychological research, law, judicial practice and investigatory procedures.
Units include: language and memory relating to interviews of child witnesses; aspects of development relevant to children as witnesses and offenders; children within the legal system; law and procedure in relation to both criminal and civil law; perception, detecting truth and deception; short and long-term effects of abuse.
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Distance course |
2 years |
You choose the days | No application date provided | This is a distance learning course | N/A |
£3000 per year |
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*More info: £3000 per year |
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Taught
University of Portsmouth
Law / Legal Studies, Child Psychology, Forensic Science (Non-Medical)
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1 Hotcourses user(s) found the following review helpful.There is not a great choice of modules but the lecturers are excellent and very knowledgeable and great facilities...more
So far so good , everything you are taught will come in handy at some stage during your life after you graduate or whilst you work in the field whilst study. Prior to starting to the course its good to have a generalistic networking backgr...more
An attractive, imaginative and relevant curriculum. In the first year everyone studies the same key or core topics before you branch off to specialise in any of the major subdisciplines (physical geography, human geography and geographical ...more
The course was structured and a stress free programme. It is highly recommendable for workers....more
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