Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1MBH157Psychology of Justice2+0+02322.10.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Associate Degree
Department / Program Court Office Services
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The psychology of justice, while revealing the crime profiles, determines their increase and decrease rates and their changes within themselves, and provides the reorganization of legal policies by pointing out what kind of measures are needed in legal terms.
Course Content Justice psychology is a new interdisciplinary field of study that is gaining its independence. Justice psychology tries to grasp and understand crime as a process. Examines the psychological states of the persons involved in the judicial process and the methods of resolving the problems that arise.
Course Methods and Techniques The following methods are used: lecture (direct instruction), question-and-answer sessions, discussion, practical exercises and design techniques.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Instructor Sezgi Demirkale
Name of Lecturers None
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources lecture notes
Justice Psychology - Yasemin Işıktaç

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %0
Engineering %0
Engineering Design %0
Social Sciences %30
Education %0
Science %0
Health %0
Field %70

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 2 28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 23 2 46
Mid-terms 1 1 1
Final examination 1 1 1
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 2,5 76

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Will be able to define the field of justice psychology.
2 Will be able to explain the concept of guilt from a historical and contemporary perspective.
3 Will be able to analyze the actors in legal processes from a psychological point of view.
4 Will be able to question the birth and operation of prisons.
5 It identifies the victim’s psychological state.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Human development (lifelong development) emotional, mental and moral development
2 Field of psychology of justice - Objectives of psychology of method in psychology of justice Field of psychology of justice - Method in psychology of justice
3 Classification of criminals
4 Judge's psychology, Decision-making processes
5 defendant psychology
6 witness psychology
7 Human development (lifelong development) emotional, mental and moral development
8 Midterm Exam
9 Concepts related to conscious and unconscious reasons (caste etc.)
10 Reasons that disrupt the mental balance: Excitements, passions, mental illnesses
11 Fundamentals of criminal profiling. Helper methods
12 New concepts: probation, probation
13 Sexual crimes, victim interview techniques
14 Psychological environment rehabilitation in prisons; group work
15 General Review

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7
C1 4
C2 5
C3 3
C4 5
C5 4

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant