The Psychology of Criminal Justice

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12.00 ساعة تعليمية
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This course systematically explores the effectiveness of the law and justice system from a psychological perspective. By experiencing a fictional case first hand, you will learn about the psychology of law and some of the misconceptions commonly held about criminal justice.

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Blake McKimmie
Blake McKimmie

Blake won a Faculty Teaching Excellence Award in 2010 and a University of Queensland Teaching Excellence Award in 2016. He currently teaches a large introductory psychology course and a second year elective about psychology and law. His research focuses on jury decision-making including the influence of gender-based stereotypes and the influence of different modes of evidence presentation. He is also interested in group membership and attitude-behaviour relations and how group membership influences thinking about the self. He is a leading instructor of the award-winning course: CRIME101x and the PSYC1030x Introduction to Developmental, Social & Clinical Psychology XSeries Program of four courses on edX.org.

Mark Horswill
Mark Horswill
Mark is a professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. He has over 100 research publications examining how we can apply scientific psychology to address real world problems, such as road accidents, medical errors, and the unreliability of eyewitness testimony. His team developed the hazard perception test used in Queensland for driver licensing, as well as a patient observation chart that has been recommended for use in all Queensland hospitals, and is being piloted nationwide. He was voted to be the top three (out of approximately 2500) lecturers at the University of Queensland in the Lecturer of the Year competition run by UniJobs in 2009.
Barbara Masser
Barbara Masser
Barbara is a the inaugural Australian Red Cross Blood Services Chair in Donor Research and a Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland. She has over 80 papers, book chapters and reports examining applied social psychological problems. Barbara is Australia’s leading researcher examining the psychology of blood donation and she works with the Australian Red Cross Blood Service to promote effective donor recruitment and retention strategies. She also conducts research on how jurors perceive victims of sexual assault, and how beliefs about gender influence people’s perceptions more broadly. She has received University and National teaching awards for her four year applied social psychology course and tutor training program.