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MSc Investigative Psychology - The First 105 Graduates.

Careers

From sources, which are presently available, it is possible to see what some of the previous students from the course are doing at the moment. These sources are:

• Previous students who have stayed on in the department to continue research and lecture.
• Invited speakers who have visited the department to lecture.
• Previous students who have written/co-written chapters in the Investigative Psychology series.

Previous MSc students who have continued in the department have mostly continued research and lecturing in the area started in their dissertation. For example Samantha Hodge wrote her dissertation on "An examination of the cognitive maps of property offenders and their crime site locations" which was followed by a Doctoral thesis, "Spatial patterns in serial murder: A conceptual model of disposal site location choice". Specialisation in these areas was also reflected in her lectures for the MSc course on serial murder and geographical consistency. However she also performed a lecture on desistance which was not constructed from her own research.

Invited speakers who had previously completed the MSc in Investigative Psychology followed two trends. Those such as Joyce Hargreaves lectured on their dissertation and later PhD topic of stalking. Then there were those who work in the police such as Dave Chave who lectured on their work, in this case police investigation.

Finally those who contributed to the Investigative Psychology series integrated the two previous perspectives with nearly all of the contributors writing on their dissertation subject, or further researched PhD topics. This can be shown by Adrian Robertson's chapter, "Theft at Work", reflecting his dissertation "A psychological perspective on blue collar work place crime", and his present job as "Internal consultant for workplace deviance and performance".

The information available shows how specialisation in an area of Investigative Psychology can begin from dissertation topic, developing into a PhD, writing subject area and lecture topic and/or career specialisation.

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