1 Psychology and investigations

In the course you will encounter a number of important psychological skills, such as how to develop rapport with people in difficult situations, how to plan interviews effectively, how to assess the credibility of what people tell you and how everyday human thought processes can lead to biased decision making.

You may have joined this course because you have studied our previous Forensic psychology course [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] , which focused on eyewitnesses. This current course has a different focus – it looks at suspects of crime, and different psychological content – but you may recognise the investigation team. DS Sund and DI Bullet are both still involved in this course, for example.

The course is specifically designed to focus on psychology rather than the intricacies of the policing system, recognising that our learners will be based in a range of jurisdictions with different legal processes. As a result, while the fictional case is based in England, the course is not intended to be an accurate portrayal of all legal processes and rules within England and Wales.