PSY 470 - Legal Psychology (Effective Spring 2020: Forensic and Legal Psychology) Credits: 3

Effective until Spring 2020: Informs student about relationship between psychology and law by introducing contemporary psychological knowledge as it applies to the legal system. Topics include psychology of evidence, social psychology of the jury, the psychologist as an expert witness, psychology of jury selection, and research methods used by legal psychologists.

Effective Spring 2020: The focus of this course is an examination of the interaction between the discipline of psychology and different facets of the legal/criminal justice system. It examines the aspects of human behavior related to legal issues such as insanity/competency, sexual violence, jury decision making, and criminal behavior.Perspectives from victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, and treatment providers will be covered.

Prerequisite(s): Requires at least junior standing.

Effective Spring 2020: PSY 101 or HON 151
Graduate Credit: This course is not available for graduate credit.