Criminal psychology is a branch of psychology, which studies the will, thoughts, intentions and reactions of prisoners, and is related to criminal anthropology. The main part of the in-depth study lies in the question of "what causes people to commit crimes", and also includes people's reactions after committing crimes, escaping or in court. Criminal psychologists can also serve as witnesses to help the court understand the psychology of prisoners. Psychiatry also deals with some criminal acts.
The employment prospects of criminology graduates are very promising. The main employment directions of graduates are scientific research, education/training and civil servants. The graduation posts mainly include criminal appraisers, criminal psychology researchers, criminal investigators, law enforcement officers, police officers, prison guards, probation officers, parole officers and social workers.
The People's Public Security University of China, China Criminal Police College, Beijing Normal University, China University of Political Science and Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, East China University of Political Science and Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Shandong University of Political Science and Law and other institutions all have criminal psychology majors.
Employment prospect of criminal psychology
There are ***5 law majors, and the criminal psychology major ranks fourth in the university law major and 30th in the whole law category. Criminology, as an independent discipline, has a history of more than one hundred years abroad. In China, the formation of criminal psychology as an independent discipline began in the early 1980s. 1April, 1992, China criminology research society was established, which marked that criminology research in China entered a new stage of development.
Criminal psychology trains talents who meet the needs of building a harmonious socialist society, master the basic principles of Marxism, and have good scientific and humanistic qualities, basic police qualities and technical skills.
The major of criminal psychology trains talents with high law enforcement ability and management level, strong public service consciousness, comprehensive and systematic grasp of basic theories, knowledge and skills of criminology, who can engage in crime prevention, crime analysis and prediction and criminal correction in public security departments, engage in related work in procuratorial, court and judicial administrative departments, and criminology teaching and scientific research in related fields.