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Our Forensic and Legal Psychology M.A. program provides graduates with the knowledge and skills needed to work at the intersection of psychology and legal studies \u2013 in law enforcement, criminal investigation and defense, public policy, matters involving miscarriages of justice, and national security \u2014 just to name a few.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Practical experience in the metro D.C. region<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Just minutes from our nation\u2019s capital, our Forensic and Legal Psychology M.A. degree students participate in courtroom observations, site visits, speaker seminar series, and valuable internships with agencies and organizations such as the FBI, NCIS, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, Arlington County Police, D.C. Metropolitan Police, and the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Psychology and justice connection<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">At Marymount, our interdisciplinary Forensic and Legal Psychology M.A. combines many subfields of psychology with criminal justice, law, and public policy. It addresses issues such as the origins of criminal behavior and terrorism, problems with eyewitness testimony, evaluation of threats against public figures, evaluation and treatment of offenders, the effectiveness of trial consultation, and how best to achieve fairness and justice in the American adversarial legal system. Each Forensic and Legal Psychology M.A course incorporates an ethics component to encourage you to grapple with the extremely complicated issues involved in a career in forensic and legal psychology.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Intelligence studies concentration<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Within our Forensic and Legal Psychology M.A, you have the option to add a concentration in Intelligence Studies. 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