Forensic and penitentiary psychology

General data

Course ID:	WF-ZPS-SP-1
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Forensic and penitentiary psychology
Name in Polish:	Psychologia sądowa i penitencjarna
Organizational unit:	Institute of Psychology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Subject level:	elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:	K_W08 K_W12 K_W13. K_W16
Short description:	Course level: special lecture for IV i V year students Course aims: supplying essential information concerning the role and activities of forensic psychologist expert. practical use of the acquired knowledge Initial requirements: knowledege of clinical, developmental and general psychology,
Full description:	Course description: 1.Forensic psychology - definitions 2.History of forensic psychology 3.Psychologist as an expert in court proceedings 4.The notion of special knowledge 5.Experts opinions ordered by penal, civil, juvenile, family division courts - varied range of opinions, questions asked and experts' competence. 6. Forensic psychologists - areas of functioning 7. Psychological opinions as proofs in various cases 8.Psychological opinion in penal cases of adult and juvenile offenders 9.Psychological opinion: aims,range,subject, form and content (independent, extensive) 10. Theoretical foundations of explaining offensive behavior, popular methods, sources of information Credits.
Bibliography:	1. Ackerman M..J. ( 2005): Podstawy psychologii sądowej . Gdańskie Wyd. Psychol., Gdańsk 2005. 2 Ciosek M. (2001) : Psychologia sądowa i penitencjarna. Wyd. Prawnicze, Warszawa. 3.Gierowski J..K, Szymusik A. (red.): Postępowanie karne i cywilne wobec osób zaburzonych psychicznie. Collegium Medicum UJ. (1996). 4. Gierowski J.K.,Jaśkiewicz-Obydzyńska T., Najda M. (2008)Psychologia w postępowaniu karnym. Warszawa:Lexis. Cz.II. rozdz. 3,4,6 i 7. 5. Lipczyński A. (2007) Psychologia sądowa Warszaw, Delfin, 6. MacFarlane K i inn. (2002).: Przesłuchanie i diagnoza małego dziecka .Fundacja Dzieci Niczyje, Warszawa. . 7. Majchrzyk Z. (1995) : Motywacja zabójczyń. Alkohol i przemoc w rodzinie. Państwowa Agencja Rozwiązywania Problemów Alkoholowych, Warszawa. 8. Majchrzyk Z. (2001): Nieletni, młodociani i dorośli sprawcy zabójstw. IPiN , Warszawa. 9. Majchrzyk Z.( red.): Stany afektywne w opiniowaniu sądowo-psychiatryczno-psychiatrycznym. Wyd PTP, Warszawa. (1991) 10. Z.Majchrzyk (2008) Zabójczynie i zabójcy. Wyd. UKSW.Warszawa 11. Stanik J.M., Przybyła H.( 1981): Opinia biegłego psychologa w spawach karnych nieletnich. U.Śl, Katowice. 12. Stanik J..M., Majchrzyk Z. (red.): Etyczno- zawodowe problemy biegłego sądowego psychologa i psychiatry w praktyce sądowej. U .Śl. Katowice. 1995. 13. Stanik J.M., Majchrzyk Z. (red.): Przemoc w rodzinie: diagnoza, orzecznictwo, profilaktyka. Wydawnictwo Anima, Katowice 1998. 14. Stanik J.M., .Majchrzyk Z. (red.)::Psychologiczne i psychiatryczne opiniodawstwo sądowe w ramach nowych uregulowań prawnych ,Wydawnictwo Anima, Katowice 2001. 15. Stanik J.M. (red.). : Przestępczość nieletnich: aspekty psychospołeczne i prawne,Wyd. UŚl. Katowice 2005. 16. Stanik J.M.(reed.) :Zastosowanie wybranych technik diagnostycznych w psychologicznej praktyce klinicznej i sądowej. Wyd. UŚL, Katowice 2006. 17.Toeplitz-Winiewska M.(2004) Etyczne problemy sądowej ekspertyzy psychologicznej W;J.Brzeziński, M.Toeplitz- Winiewska (red.) Etyczne dylematy psychologii. Warszawa Wyd. SWPS Academica
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	Knowledge: acquired knowledge contains above all the problems of forensic psychology and its special connection with the law. Students know how to use psychological knowledge to solve the problems in penal, civil and family cases. Students will get to know significant theoretical and practical problems - the way the court uses psychologists' help in criminal and civil cases. In criminal cases students will learn about the problems of sanity (the ability to understand one's actions and directing them). They acquire the knowledge concerning the role of motivation (motivational processes) in explaining forbidden behaviors. They know basic legal regulations concerning psychological opinions and the court's expectations concerning the quality of psychological opinions. Skills: Prepared to act as an expert (forensic expert); can plan examination and prepare testimonils for the court. Can work on his own and in group. Knows his rights and obligations, principles of conducting examiantions respecting the rights of the suspects, the accused and professional ethics. Competence: open and critical concerning one's own abilities to become a forensic expert; can assess the range of problems and objectively assess his individual abilities.; knows how and where his abilities can be improved.

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