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Law and Psychology 
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Law and Psychology
 at 
Harvard University 
Overview

This course compares legal and psychological approaches to human behavior and considers their interaction

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

Course Level

UG Certificate

Law and Psychology
 at 
Harvard University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate from Harvard University
  • Topics covered: Psychology
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Law and Psychology
 at 
Harvard University 
Course details

Skills you will learn
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  • This course compares legal and psychological approaches to human behavior and considers their interaction
  • Topics include criminal, ethnic, and racial profiling; true and false confessions; the insanity defense; civil and criminal commitment; expert witnesses; eyewitness identification and testimony; juries; punishment and rehabilitation; psychopaths and psychopathy; sexual behavior; and victimless crimes
  • It provides background in American law and in abnormal and forensic psychology and analyzes the roles of lawyers and of psychologists, in theory and in practice
  • It focuses on research in law and in psychology and neuroscience, and on case studies

Law and Psychology
 at 
Harvard University 
Curriculum

Psychology

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Law and Psychology
 at 
Harvard University 
Faculty details

Ellsworth Fersch
Designation : Lecturer on Psychology, Harvard Medical School

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