PSY 4309 - Psychology and the Law

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1303, either PSY 2302 or CJ 3300, and junior standing.
Applies psychological principles to legal processes. Topics include factors affecting judges’, juries’ and attorneys’ judgments during trials; inequalities in defining criminal behavior and the application of justice, especially as influenced by race, class, gender and sexual orientation; how the legal system can be used to affect social change.