Criminal justice education and training: A survey of Canadian graduate schools of psychology.

Abstract

Criminal justice psychology (CJP) has grown tremendously during the past twenty years. With this expansion comes the need for specific training. Although information on CM 1 training at U.S. based universities has appeared in the literature (e.g., Rrodsky, 1978; Roesch, Crisso, & Poythrcss, 1986), no such information exists regarding Canadian universities. All Canadian universities that offer graduate work in psychology (N = 34) were surveyed. Responses from 28 programs indicated that 15 of these offered criminal justice training. Three programs (British Columbia, Queen's, Simon Fraser) used a structured format, while the others were self-directed. Descriptive analyses are presented for comparisons between structured and self-directed programs as well as on the basis of magnitude and comprehensiveness. The findings are discussed in terms of Canadian opportunities for graduate training in Cir and the proposed criteria for specialty designation in applied psychology-Crime and justice attract considerable attention from both the general public and scholars. Casual observation of the mass media indicates thai stories of antisocial behaviour receive a high degree of coverage.

Forensic psychology opportunities in Canadian graduate programs: An update of Simourd and Wormith's (1995) survey.

“…The current study updates and expands upon Simourd and Wormith (1995) by providing more recent data with a higher response rate (92% compared to 82%). The higher response rate was likely due to the numerous follow-ups (up to six contacts) and the greater ease of completing the survey (e.g., online or via e-mail).…”

“…The fourth university with a structured program, Dalhousie, was the eighth largest program, tied with Saint-Mary's. Comparing the five largest programs from Simourd and Wormith (1995) to the six largest in the current study, Carleton and Simon Fraser are the only programs that appeared on both lists. New Brunswick, Ottawa, Québec à Trois-Rivières, and Saskatchewan were new to the list of larger programs.…”

“…Though this index may not be an optimal global indicator of forensic psychology programs (an optimal index would likely give more weight to the number of faculty members than the number of students, for example), it provides a simple but useful approximation of program size and is similar to the method used in the previous survey (Simourd & Wormith, 1995). The size index ranged from 1 to 49, with a mean of 11.2 (SD ϭ 12.8, Mdn ϭ 6).…”

“…Guelph, Queen's, and the Ontario Institute of Secondary Education (OISE; part of the University of Toronto) were no longer among the largest programs. Table 1 also summarizes the size index from Simourd and Wormith's (1995) survey to assess changes in the availability of forensic psychology content at Canadian universities. In the 1995 survey, 15 universities were identified as having some forensic content.…”

Chaos Theory and Correctional Treatment

“…7. There are only a handful of academic sites in psychology (ax & Morgan, 2002;Simourd & Wormith, 1995) and one in criminal justice (University of Cincinnati) in North america.…”