Legal, Forensic and Criminological Psychology

The Practical Appraisal Internship (TPV) activities are carried out in qualified university-affiliated institutions. The TPV consists in contextualized and supervised activities, involving direct observation as well as all the activities for the development of procedural and relational skills required by the profession.

Students are expected to acquire skills related to the use of intervention tools for prevention, diagnosis, habilitation-rehabilitation, and support activities in the field of psychology for individuals, groups, and communities, as well as experimentation, research and teaching activities.
Specifically, according to Art. 2, c. 10 of Interm. Decree No. 654/2022, the internship is related to the achievement of diverse skills:
(a) the assessment of the case, with attention to the different phases of the lifespan;
(b) the appropriate use of psychological tools and techniques for collecting information;
c) the use of professional interventions theoretically grounded and evidence-based;
(d) the process and outcome evaluation of the interventions;
(e) the preparation of a report;
(f) the communication to patient/client/user/institution/organization;
(g) the ability to establish appropriate relationships with patients/clients/users/institutions/organizations;
(h) the ability to establish appropriate relationships with colleagues;
(i) the understanding of the professional legal/ethical/deontological profiles, as well as of their possible conflicts.

The TPV project aims to integrate the knowledge, the acquired skills, the job roles trained, the reflection and discussion of one's own and others' activities, and the formation of deontological and professional skills necessary for an autonomous practice of the psychological profession.