Doctoral Program in Forensic Psychology
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The City of New York at John Jay College of Criminal Justice is a doctoral subprogram within The City University of New York’s PhD Program in Psychology. The subprogram consists of two tracks of study:
Clinical and Experimental Forensic Psychology
The educational experience for both tracks is based on the scientist-practitioner model of doctoral education in psychology. This model has been adopted widely by PhD programs in clinical psychology nationwide. It places equal emphasis on research training as well as clinical preparation.
The program's goals are to:
- prepare students to develop and conduct independent research in the field of psychology
- prepare students to assume academic positions and leading roles in psychology
- provide students a critical perspective on the legal system
- enable students to develop and analyze psychologically-informed public policy relevant to legal settings
The experimental track trains students to generate knowledge at the intersection of psychology and law as academicians and applied researchers. The track is designed with an emphasis on research training, drawing on areas of psychology such as social, cognitive, industrial/organizational and experimental psychology, decision and policy sciences, evaluation research methods and clinical forensic psychology.
The clinical track program educates students to provide professional psychological services in a variety of clinical settings and to contribute to the development of knowledge in the field of clinical psychology. Specialized training is also available on the application of clinical psychology to the criminal and civil justice systems. This program of study has approval as a licensure-eligible doctoral program from The City University of New York and the New York State Education Department.
The faculty of the Doctoral Program in Forensic Psychology represent a wide range of academic disciplines, specializations and areas of expertise within all core areas of psychology, with special expertise in criminal and civil forensic psychology.
For additional information about the Doctoral Program in Forensic Psychology, call 212.237.8252.