This Master's Degree prepares psychologists in obtaining specialised professional skills to meet the needs of institutions in the Legal System, bodies associated with prevention and support of crime victims, and institutions in charge of rehabilitati...
It being an Institution with strong ties to the Legal System, students have been involved in pioneer projects directed to a strong practical side duly founded on the most recent and supported theoretical and scientific bases.
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Quality of training
Students will have contact with instruments for evaluating forensic psychology and reference places of internship allowing for practical knowledge on the Legal System.
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Internship sites
Victim Support and Information Office: Legal and Citizenship Department – Lisbon Department of Criminal Investigation and Prosecution
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People
Portuguese Association for Victim Support – APAV
Forensic Psychology Office (Egas Moniz Forensic and Psychological Science Lab)
Emergency Accommodation Centres, Temporary Accommodation Centres, and Childhood and Youth Homes for Children and Young People at Risk (Care and Protection)
Police Force
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Career prospects
This Master's Degree prepares psychologists to work in Institutions in the Legal System, bodies associated with prevention and support of crime victims, and institutions in charge of rehabilitating social outcasts.
Syllabus
Get on board for this journey
Psychological Assessment of Victims
Psychological Assessment of Aggressors
Victimology
Criminal Psychology
Seminar in Professional Practice Contexts in Forensic Psychology
Psychopathology of Deviant Behavior
Psychology of Testimony
Neuropsychological Assessment
Intervention Programmes with Victims of Crime
Programs of Intervention with Aggressors
Research and Data Analysis in Forensic Psychology
Report Writing Seminar in Forensic Psychology
Seminar in Law Themes
Police Psychology
Studies in Gender Violence Psychology of Sexual Violence
Who can apply
Holders of a pre-Bologna or 1st cycle Bologna Psychology degree are eligible to apply.