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Walden University - Online


Walden University

You can change more lives, including your own. And you can start today.

At Walden, we believe that knowledge is most valuable when put to use in organizations, communities, and families. We offer over 40 online degree programs with more than 140 specializations and more than 40 concentrations, all designed to help professionals gain the knowledge they need to have a real impact in their lives and the lives of others.

Our advanced degrees are intended to advance the quality of life not just for the Walden graduate, but for everyone he or she encounters. Whether it be in business, community and charitable service or friendship, to make a difference in any life is to serve the greater good. Doing so doesn't just make you a better corporate citizen. It makes you a better corporate asset, a better neighbor and friend, a better person.

As an accredited institution with nearly 40 years of experience, Walden has graduated over 34,500 alumni, all of whom now have the credentials and desire to make a real difference and be a force for good.

To learn more about Walden degree programs and how we're helping adult learners make a positive change, submit your information in the form on the right.

You can make a better future. And you can start today.

School of Counseling and Social Service

Fulfill your personal and professional goals in a flexible learning environment where you'll enhance your capacity to act as a social change agent.

  • Focus on your interests in culturally and contextually relevant specializations
  • Learn in the scholar-practitioner model, integrating research with your professional expertise
  • Benefit from opportunities for interdisciplinary study and research collaboration
  • Use established methods of scientific inquiry and evidence-based practice for the greater good

MS in Forensic Psychology - Online

Apply current psychological theories and concepts as you identify offenders in a wide range of forensic settings. Prepare for a psychology career in a correctional institution, psychiatric facility, community-based agency, mental health center, child welfare agency, or forensic units in a mental health facility.

Graduate Degree Specializations

  • Forensic Psychology in the Community
  • General Program
  • Mental Health Applications
  • Program Planning and Evaluation in Forensic Settings
  • Psychology and Legal Systems

Note on licensure
The MS in Forensic Psychology is not a licensure program and does not prepare an individual to become a licensed psychology professional.

Forensic Psychology in the Community
Learn more about prevention, intervention, and consultation programs for criminal offenders in their communities. Understand the foundations of community crime prevention and restorative justice for victims and offenders. Prepare to work with crime prevention programs, early intervention youth programs, victim advocate programs, and other programs to reduce crime and recidivism.

General Program
Gain a broad understanding of the forensic psychology field. Learn how its principles are applied in a range of settings from correctional institutions to court systems to community-based programs. Select electives that will build your knowledge of how forensic psychology professionals work within the legal system and in community-based programs with an emphasis on preventing and reducing criminal behavior.

Mental Health Applications
Learn to evaluate and use traditional forms of intervention, including individual and group psychotherapy, and recent innovations in restorative justice. Gain the skills to work directly with individuals in correctional facilities, community mental health agencies, and through the court system.

Program Planning and Evaluation in Forensic Settings
Learn to conduct and apply forensic mental health research to various legal settings and formulate research that applies to psychology and public policy. Discover tools to evaluate current programs and assess their effectiveness. Recommend treatment alternatives for forensic populations in community-based programs and correctional institutions.

Psychology and Legal Systems
Explore the many ways you can interact with the court system as you gain a basic understanding of expert testimony, jury selection, and eyewitness testimony. Discover how you can work with police departments or other law enforcement agencies assisting in officer selection and training, stress management, critical incident stress debriefing, hostage negotiations, and selection of special operations officers.

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