Syllabus
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Course Code: M-FSC 104 Course Name: Forensic Psychology and Statistics |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Forensic Psychology: Introduction to Forensic Psychology; scope & ethics; distinction between Forensic and therapeutic evaluation. Genetic basis of Psychology. Legal aspect of Forensic psychology practice. Forensic Psychiatry: Introduction, classification of mental disorders, Forensic psychiatric examination. Scope of psychiatric examination in criminal and civil cases. |
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| 2 | Crime investigation- Types and classification of crimes and criminals, criminal profiling, and modus operandi. Brain Fingerprinting, Polygraph, Hypnosis, Narco Analysis- Principle, technique and their role in criminal justice system. Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature (BEOS), Layered Voice Analysis (LVA), Suspect Detection System (SDS). |
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| 3 | Measures of central value: Arithmetic mean, mode and median Definition, calculation and its properties. Measures of Dispersion: a. Range, Interquartile range, Quartile deviation. b. Mean deviation and standard deviation. Correlation: Methods studying correlation – Scatter diagram method, Graphic method, Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation, Rank correlation. Regression analysis (Regression lines and regression equation.) |
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| 4 | Concept of sampling and sampling methods: Definition and law of sampling, judgment sampling, Random sampling, stratified sampling, systematic sampling, multi-stages sampling and quota sampling. Test of significance for large samples and small samples. Chi-square analysis Analysis of variance Probability: Law of probability, Theoretical probability distribution: Binomial distribution, Poison distribution, Normal distribution. Computer in Forensic statistics: MS excel, Data library, Statistical softwares |
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