Haere mai, and welcome to FPSYC101 - Introduction to Forensic and Criminological Psychology - from the team at Te Puna Haumaru the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science. This paper introduces students to forensic and criminological psychology and encompasses a wide range of topics derived from the intersection of psychology with crime, the legal system and the criminal justice system.

Paper structure
This paper is taught using an innovative 'flipped classroom' approach, meaning there will be no traditional lectures. In the first week of class, you can choose whether you would like to access each week's learning material by either:
a) Watching a selection of short, online pre-workshop videos [1 hour], and attending an in-person workshop on the Hamilton campus [1.5-2 hours], or
b) Completing an online interactive lesson [2.5-3 hours].
You can also choose whether you would like to attend lab classes by either:
a) Coming to a weekly in-person lab on the Hamilton campus [1 hour], or
b) Joining a weekly online lab on zoom [1 hour].
Please note that these choices are independent of each other, so you can choose to study fully online, fully in-person or a combination of the two that suits you.

In addition, most weeks all students will complete an interactive online reading activity and work towards completing a lab activity. There will be a mid-term and final test.

Updated information about available lab classes will be on Moodle.

To preserve student privacy, in-person workshops, in-person lab classes, and online lab classes will not be recorded. If students who normally attend an in-person workshop are unwell or otherwise unable to attend the in-person workshop on a given week, they can contact the Paper Convenor private help forum on Moodle, who will make the online interactive lesson available for the student that week.

Contacting paper staff
There are regular opportunities to interact with teaching staff in the workshops, labs, and during office hours by appointment.

If students have questions about the paper, they should first read this paper outline and the Pānui (Announcements) forum on Moodle, because it is likely that question has already been answered. Students can contact paper staff with specific questions through the private help forum on Moodle. Please do not email paper staff. The private help forum is the preferred method of communication, and students can expect a response within two working days Monday-Friday. Please expect delays when sending messages in evenings or weekends.

We are encouraging students to become independent learners. It is the student’s responsibility to check the Pānui (Announcements) forum on Moodle and their emails regularly (at least twice a week); important updates and reminders will disseminated in this way. If information is posted on Moodle it will be assumed that all students have received this information. If students contact paper staff with questions that have already been answered in the paper outline or Pānui (Announcements) forum, they will receive a delayed response directing them to the appropriate place to find the information.

When you log on to Moodle for the first time, please go to your “profile” and check your contact details are correct. This is the information we will use if we need to contact you, so it is your responsibility to ensure these details are up to date at all times.

Feedback
After test grades have been released, the paper staff will post general feedback on the Pānui (Announcements) forum. Students will also receive a detailed feedback form in the mid-trimester teaching recess that overviews their performance in specific areas covered in the first half of the paper, to enable the student to plan where to direct energies for second half of the paper. Students can contact paper staff with specific questions about their assessment grades through the private help forum on Moodle.

There is no textbook for this paper. Required and recommended readings will be accessible in reading activities in Perusall (which can be accessed through Moodle), and in the Talis Aspire reading list (also linked on Moodle).