Psychology of Criminal Behavior

Issued by Fulton-Montgomery Community College

The Criminal Justice Faculty, In Collaboration with the Criminal Justice Program Advisory Board, have worked to define this digital certificate to recognize an individual’s competency in the Psychology of Criminal Behavior: Settings where psychology is applied within the criminal justice system; Concepts of legality, morality and justice; Punishment and the rationales of sentencing; Psychological profiling of criminals; Competence and insanity; and Abnormal behavior in society.

Type Validation
Level Foundational
Time Months
Cost Paid

Skills

Corrections
Courts
Criminal Behavior
Criminal Profiling
Criminal Sentencing
Criminology
Deviance
Forensic Psychology
Police
Psychology
Risk Assessment

Earning Criteria

Criteria for Badge Completion: A Learner Badge is awarded a minimum of “C” earned average in each required course - PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology (3 Credits); SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3 Credits); SOC 209 Criminology (3 Credits); PSY 240 Abnormal Psychology (3 Credits); and PSY 270 Forensic Psychology (3 Credits)