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Overview

Forensic sexology and, in particular, sexual disordered behaviour, are topical, interesting and exciting areas of study. This course covers a body of research over the past 150 years, and the explosion of a broad range of studies on sexual deviation and sexual offending from the 1980s onwards. Topics studied during… For more content click the Read More button below.

Topics studied during this course detail the definitions, epidemiology, aetiology, presentations, diagnosis, assessment issues, treatment and management, recidivism, and risk assessment of the paraphilic disorders. This includes the clinical assessment and comprehensive understanding of the paraphilic disorders including exhibitionism, sexual sadism, paedophilia, zoophilia, necrophilia, voyeurism, frotteurism; those paraphilic disorders or criminal sexual behaviours involving activities which would bring these individuals to the attention of authorities such as transvestism or cybersex; incest; rape; biological and psychosocial sex offender treatments; risk assessment and risk management of these offending behaviours or paraphilic disorders.

Course Attributes

Offered irregularly or alternate years

Delivery

Fully online - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

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Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$1475
Domestic Students	$3750
International Students	$4140

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Postgraduate

Offering Terms
Depending on the Academic Calendar type, an offering term generally refers to an academic teaching period of between 8-13 weeks in duration.

Term 1

Campus

Sydney

Academic Calendar

Field of Education

060105 Psychiatry

Disordered and Criminal Sexual Behaviour

PSCY9913

6 Units of Credit