The Certificate in Offender Rehabilitation Support is the perfect course for anyone wanting to understand criminal psychology, the psychological approaches to understanding crime, how it is used in law enforcement, and how you can help people on the wrong side of the law get their lives back on track. You’ll learn everything you need to know to get started in offender rehabilitation including:
Abnormal Psychology: Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, delirium, dementia, amnesic and other cognitive disorders, substance-related disorders, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform, factitious, and dissociative disorders, sexual and gender identity disorders, eating and sleep disorders, impulse-control disorders, adjustment disorder and personality disorders.
Criminal Psychology: An introduction to criminal psychology, psychological approaches to understanding crime and serious crime, psychopathy, gender and crime, youth and crime, psychology and the police, psychology in the courtroom and psychology and crime prevention.
This industry-recognised course will help you gain a better understanding of why crimes take place, and if and how offenders can be rehabilitated once they commit a crime.