Psychology With Forensic Psychology

Psychology with forensic psychology is a degree that combines a rigorous scientific grounding in the study of human behaviour with a specialist focus on its application to legal, criminal justice, and investigative contexts. Psychology provides the broad conceptual and empirical framework, examining cognition, emotion, social behaviour, development, and the biological bases of mental life. Forensic psychology applies that framework to questions about crime, offending behaviour, witness testimony, the assessment of risk, and the design of rehabilitation programmes, drawing on psychology to support the work of the criminal justice system.

At Lincoln this three-year full-time programme gives you the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of core psychological concepts and practices alongside specialised knowledge in forensic psychology. You will develop the scientific rigour and research skills that characterise psychology as a discipline, alongside the specific theoretical and applied knowledge that forensic contexts require. A sandwich year, a year abroad, and work placement opportunities give you professional experience in relevant settings, enriching your academic learning with direct exposure to the fields in which forensic psychology is applied.

Lincoln's commitment to applied learning ensures that your studies are consistently connected to real-world practice.

Graduates are well placed for careers in the criminal justice system, probation service, prison service, police service, secure mental health settings, youth offending, victim support, and social care. Those wishing to qualify as forensic psychologists will need to complete a BPS-accredited doctoral programme, and the Lincoln degree provides the academic foundation for that route. Many graduates also enter careers in clinical psychology, counselling, research, education, and human resources, where the combination of general psychological knowledge and forensic specialism is applicable in a wide range of professional contexts.