Máster Universitario en Perfiles Forenses de Peligrosidad Criminal
Alcorcón, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
About : The Máster Universitario en Perfiles Forenses de Peligrosidad Criminal focuses on understanding criminal behavior and developing forensic profiles. This program offers a comprehensive study into criminal profiling, the psychology of offenders, and risk assessment strategies. Students gain insights into legal frameworks and investigative techniques relevant to forensic psychology and criminology.
Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue careers in various fields, including criminal psychology, law enforcement, and forensic consultancy. Other opportunities may include working in government agencies, mental health facilities, or private security firms, where they can apply their expertise in understanding criminal behavior and risk assessment.
The completion of a classic program typically entails earning 60 ECTS credits.
Master's Degree Duration: One academic year.
Module I: Forensic Sciences
- 621001 Advanced profiles of criminal danger
- 621002 Forensic anthropology and medical-legal identification
- 621003 Forensic Pathology and Toxicology
- 621004 Forensic psychiatry and psychology of testimony
Module 2: Research
- 621005 Research techniques I: graphics, document copy, ballistics, lofoscopia
- 621006 Investigation techniques II: evaluation of damages, fires and other accidents, the expert report
Module 3: Information Management
- 621007 Research methodology and presentation of results
Module 4: Legal Criminology
- 621008 Legal-institutional aspects of criminal investigation
Module 5: TFM
- 621009 Final Master's Project
Generic Competences:
- CG01 The acquisition of advanced knowledge and skills for the elaboration of forensic profiles of criminal danger
- CG02 Learning forensic techniques to define the characters that make up the profile of a criminal so that it is possible to anticipate their behavior
- CG03 Develop skills for autonomous work
Specific Competences:
- CE01 Learning applied knowledge to understand and analyze the profile of criminal danger
- CE02 Acquisition of practical knowledge and technical-scientific skills for the detection of potential security risks and their prevention
- CE03 Learning scientific techniques for the preparation of forensic profiles of criminal danger
- CE04 Acquire the use of methodological tools for the comprehensive analysis of the different areas of the personality construct
- CE05 Acquisition of knowledge about the existing methodology and tools for the study of human remains and forensic evidence of a crime that is sufficient for the preparation of profiles of criminal danger
- CE06 Acquisition of the knowledge that the field of Psychiatry contributes to the understanding of the criminal act that is sufficient for the elaboration of profiles of criminal danger
- CE07 Knowledge of the techniques for the analysis of the testimony of perpetrators and victims
- CE08 Acquire advanced knowledge of the existing methodology and tools for the study of the instruments, techniques, and methods that serve the criminal act
- CE09 Acquire advanced knowledge of the existing methodology and tools for the study of the crime scene and the preparation of expert reports
- CE10 Adoption of the advanced methodological skills and tools necessary for the investigation of facts, their analysis, and the preparation of results
- CE11 Development of advanced skills necessary for correct communication in problematic situations related to criminal acts
- CE12 Acquisition of advanced and practical knowledge for the presentation of evidence in court
- CE13 Learning practical professional aspects of the legal framework of criminal investigation in light of the latest legal and technological developments
- CE14 Advanced training for respect for fundamental rights in the development of criminal investigation, mainly within the framework of new technologies