Legal Psychology

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Focus

Areas of application, legal bases and methods of forensic psychology, Fundamentals of Legal Psychology in Criminal Law, Risk Assessment and Criminal Prognosis, Culpability and Criminal Development Maturity, Psychological Issues affecting Eyewitness Testimony, Basic skills in dealing with the lawbreaker, Practice of Integrative Criminal Prognosis, Structure of an expert opinion, minimum requirements and course and aspects of an expert opinion

Target group

An application on the basis of a completed bachelor's degree in psychology without a master's or diploma degree is not recommended, because the continuing education course builds on the content of a master's or diploma degree in psychology. Furthermore, according to the Model Law Ordinance of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in its currently valid version, a Master's degree generally requires 300 ECTS credit points from previous studies, of which the postgraduate course in Legal Psychology covers 60 LP.

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

- successfully completed undergraduate degree in Psychology - at least one year of relevant postgraduate professional experience in accordance with Section 18 (8) Clause 1 No. 2 of the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act (Hochschulgesetz) - current relevant legal-psychological professional experience with tasks in dealing with lawbreakers, preferably in an institution of criminal justice (judicial institution, institution for the administration of punishment, treatment institution for persons in preventive detention, forensic-therapeutic outpatient clinic) - evidence of sufficient German language proficiency, if applicable. Entry Requirements Certification programme: - successfully completed Master's or Diplom degree in Psychology or a successfully completed medical degree, - current relevant professional experience in a criminal justice institution (judicial institution, institution for the administration of punishment, treatment institution for persons in preventive detention, forensic-therapeutic outpatient clinic) as well as - proof of sufficient German language skills, if applicable.

Fees

6,800.00 EUR / total

Fees (Link)

The cost is currently: - EUR 6,800 for the complete study incl. exams and master module, - EUR 6,350 for the complete certification programme incl. exams without master module and - EUR 2,150 for each single module