Forensic Psychology is the practice and application of psychological research relevant to crime; policing; the courts; the criminal and civil justice system; offenders; prison; secure settings; offender management; health and academic settings as well as private practice; it looks at the role of environmental; psychosocial; and socio-cultural factors that may contribute to crime or its prevention; the primary aim is to develop understanding of the processes underlying criminal behaviour and for this improved understanding to impact on the effective management and rehabilitation of different groups of offenders in all settings within the criminal justice system; the 1st aim of the programme is to provide students with a thorough and critical academic grounding in the evidence relating to environmental; cultural; cognitive and biological factors that may contribute to a wide variety of forms of offending; the programme encourages students to consider the role and limitations of causal explanations for offending in the development of offender treatments, services and policy; the 2nd aim of the programme is to introduce students to the basic professional competencies for working in the many settings where forensic psychology is practiced, including skills related to inter-disciplinary working; risk assessment; ethics; continuing professional development; report writing and differences in practice when working with offenders; victims; the courts; and the police; lastly the programme aims to produce Masters degree graduates with the ability to understand the limitations of the conceptual underpinnings of interventions and assessments used in forensic psychology and who are able therefore to engage in critical evaluation of the evidence base upon which their own practice is eventually be based on; because the programme specifically avoids providing any formal supervised practice, its aim is to produce reflective scientist-practitioners who are ready to engage with the final element (stage 2) of the training requirements for becoming a Chartered Psychologist in the practice of Forensic Psychology.