- De www.edx.org
The Psychology of Criminal Justice
- Individualizado
- Acesso livre
- Certificado pago
- 8 sequências
- Introductive Level
Detalhes do curso
Programa de Estudos
EPISODE 1: INVESTIGATING THE CRIME SCENE
A murder has been committed. In this episode, find out about criminal profiling and how this might be used in investigating the crime. EPISODE 2:
INTERVIEWING THE WITNESSES
How reliable are eyewitnesses, and how can their memory of the crime be distorted? Learn about the encoding, storage and retrieval of eyewitness memories and ways these can be improved.
EPISODE 3: IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT
Photofits and line-ups are commonly used during crime investigations, and in this episode you will learn about how biases related to these can be recognized and reduced.
EPISODE 4: QUESTIONING THE SUSPECT
How reliable are confessions? Can you identify when someone is lying? In this episode the investigators question the suspect and try to work out who is the guilty party.
EPISODE 5: GETTING READY FOR TRIAL
The investigators think they have identified the murderer. Who decides whether someone is found guilty or not guilty? Does jury selection work? What part might media coverage play in how the case trial progresses?
EPISODE 6: THE TRIAL (PART 1)
The jury has been selected and the trial commences. In this episode the evidence is presented and we hear about expert evidence and its reliability.
EPISODE 7: THE TRIAL (PART 2)
The jury need to make a decision on the case. You will learn about judicial instructions and how juries deliberate.
EPISODE 8: EPILOGUE
Did the investigators get the right person? Find out how it all ends in this final episode.
Pré-requisito
Instrutores
Blake McKimmie
Professor
The University of Queensland
Mark Horswill
Professor, School of Psychology
The University of Queensland
Barbara Masser
Professor, School of Psychology
The University of Queensland
Editor
A Universidade de Queensland é uma universidade pública de investigação localizada principalmente em Brisbane, a capital do estado australiano de Queensland. Fundada em 1909 pelo Parlamento de Queensland, a UQ é uma das seis universidades de arenito, uma designação informal da universidade mais antiga de cada estado.
Combinando os três rankings mundiais das universidades mais estabelecidas em 2023, a Universidade de Queensland está classificada em 2º lugar na Austrália e em 42º lugar no mundo. A UQ é também membro fundador da edX, o principal grupo de oito universidades da Austrália e a associação internacional de universidades do Pacífico com grande intensidade de investigação.
Plataforma
EdX est une plateforme d'apprentissage en ligne (dite FLOT ou MOOC). Elle héberge et met gratuitement à disposition des cours en ligne de niveau universitaire à travers le monde entier. Elle mène également des recherches sur l'apprentissage en ligne et la façon dont les utilisateurs utilisent celle-ci. Elle est à but non lucratif et la plateforme utilise un logiciel open source.
EdX a été fondée par le Massachusetts Institute of Technology et par l'université Harvard en mai 2012. En 2014, environ 50 écoles, associations et organisations internationales offrent ou projettent d'offrir des cours sur EdX. En juillet 2014, elle avait plus de 2,5 millions d'utilisateurs suivant plus de 200 cours en ligne.
Les deux universités américaines qui financent la plateforme ont investi 60 millions USD dans son développement. La plateforme France Université Numérique utilise la technologie openedX, supportée par Google.