Psychology
Psychology

In this course, Professor Francis Pakes (University of Portsmouth) explores key issues in criminal psychology. In the first lecture, we think about Lombroso and the notion of the ‘born criminal’. In the second lecture, we discuss genetic...
6 lectures
0:41:08
Prof. Francis Pakes
Portsmouth University
Psychology

In this course, Honorary Professor Dr Geraldine Akerman (Cardiff Metropolitan University) explores behavioural explanations for offending, contextualised in the experiences of a forensic psychologist working with people in prison and secure...
6 lectures
0:50:33
Dr Geraldine Akerman
Cardiff Met University
Psychology

In this course, Professor Ciarán O’Keeffe (Buckinghamshire New University) explores cognitive explanations for offending. In the first lecture, we think about Eysenck’s criminal personality theory, which separates personality measures into three...
4 lectures
0:34:23
Professor Ciarán O'Keeffe
Buckinghamshire New University