UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT SCARBOROUGH
PSY C53 H3
Psychology and the Law
Instructor:
Dr. Alexis Kennedy
Office:
Room S514
Office
Hours: Tuesday
4-5 p.m. and by email arrangement
Email:
alexis.kennedy@utoronto.ca
Class
Time: Tuesday
2-4 p.m.
Room:
HW215
Text:
Ogloff, J. R. P. (2000). Introduction to Psychology and Law: Canadian Perspectives. U of T Press.
Reading package, available at the bookstore.
Note:
It is your responsibility to ensure that you meet the prerequisite requirements for this course as listed in the Scarborough course calendar. Your registration may be cancelled
if you are lacking the appropriate prerequisites.
The
final mark in this course will be based on:
1) Two 60-minute in-class quizzes (20% each). These quizzes will include multiple choice, short answer
and definition questions based both upon the text readings and lecture materials. See
the outline provided below for the quiz dates. The quizzes will NOT be cumulative.
The first will cover lectures & readings from classes 1-5. The second will cover lectures & readings from classes
6-10. Please also see the information on departmental policies regarding missed tests at http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/courses/calendar02/Academic_Regulations_(Part_III).html
2) One 30-minute in-class quiz final exam (5%) This quiz will NOT be cumulative but will assess material covered in classes 11 & 12. The quiz will include multiple choice, short answer and definition questions based upon the text readings
and lecture material.
3) One 1 page paper proposal (5%) You are to pick a topic relevant to this course. A paper outline of not more than one page should be
submitted to me for approval. It will state your choice of topic and list a few of the articles that you will be relying on.
You should include an email address if you would like feedback on your topic earlier than by the following class (which is
July 6th because of the reading week). Your paper outline is due by
June 22nd, 4 p.m.
and is worth 5% of your course grade. Paper outlines handed in after the June 22nd class should be emailed to me
(to assess how many days late it is) and then left in my mailbox. You will lose
1% each day that you paper outline is late; after 5 days you will receive a 0 for that 5% of your final grade.
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4) One 12-15 page written assignment (50%). This paper assignment is described in some detail in the
assignment handout. The paper is due on July 27th. Assignments handed
in late will lose 5% per day (including weekend days) unless accompanied by a medical note.
OUTLINE:
|
Date |
Week |
Lecture |
Text |
|
May 11 |
1 |
Introduction
to Forensic Psychology
ASSIGNMENT PRESENTED |
Chapter 1
|
|
May 18 |
2 |
Prostitution |
Online articles |
|
May 25 |
3 |
Canada vs. the United States |
|
|
June 1 |
4 |
The Canadian
Legal System
Psychologists
as experts |
Chapters 2
& 15
|
|
June 8 |
5 |
Competency
to stand trial
Insanity Defence |
Chapter 10
|
|
June 15 |
6 |
1st
hour – Quiz #1 (covering classes 1-5 & readings)
2nd
hour – Police psychology |
Chapter 3 (on
next quiz) |
|
June 22 |
7 |
Paper outline
due
Eye witness
testimony |
Chapter 4
|
|
June 29 |
|
|
|
|
July 6 |
8 |
Jury research |
Chapters 5
& 6 |
|
July 13 |
9 |
Malingering |
Rogers chapter (in reading
package) |
|
July 20 |
10 |
1st
hour – Quiz #2 (covering classes 6-9 & readings)
2nd
hour – Serial killers & profiling |
|
|
July 27 |
11 |
Paper due
Stalking & Domestic Violence |
Meloy chapter
& Walker chapter (in reading package) |
|
August 3 |
12 |
1st
half hour – Quiz #3 (covering classes 10-11 & readings)
2nd
half hour – feed back on papers |
|
