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Criminal Psychology MSc

University of Portsmouth

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  • Qualification

    MSc - Master of Science

  • Location

    University of Portsmouth

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

Understanding the psychology of crime is essential to its investigation. If you're looking to start your career in criminal psychology, or you're already working in the field and want to aim for higher level roles, our MSc Criminal Psychology degree course will give you the knowledge and skills you need. On this course, you'll get to analyse the criminal justice system with a view to making positive change. You'll explore complex behaviours, such as police interviewing and deception detection, and gain insight into courtroom psychology and jury decision making. You'll learn how taking a psychological approach, such as through offender profiling, improves criminal investigations, and look at issues like offender rehabilitation and the links between offending behaviour and mental health. You can study either full or part-time on campus, or part-time by distance learning, so you can fit your studies around your work schedule. You'll also have the chance to customise your qualification by choosing to combine your study of criminal psychology with another of our Criminal Justice Master's courses.

Tuition fees

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£ 17,200per year

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University information

University of Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth

University of Portsmouth

  • University League Table

    49th

  • Campus address

    University of Portsmouth, University House, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 2UP, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Psychology

    48th out of 118 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 213
    129 61%

    56th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    64.0 64%

    54th

    7

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 80%

    25th

    7

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