Criminal psychologist - Salary, Career

How much does an Criminal psychologist earn

A Criminal psychologist earns between $1.506 and $6.395 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.909 and a median salary of $2.550 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 10 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Criminal psychologist
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.909	34.904	727	15
1º Quartile	1.506	18.072	377	8
Median Salary	2.550	30.596	637	13
3º Quartile	4.877	58.522	1.219	25
Higher Salary	6.395	76.736	1.599	32

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- professionals of the social sciences and humanities
- - social scientists, psychologists
- - - psychologists and psychoanalysts

Related Positions:

Main workplaces

Psychologists and Psychoanalysts the positions of this CBO family work mainly in activities related to health, social and personal services and education. They can work as self-employed and/or with a formal contract, individually or in teams. It is common for clinical, hospital, social psychologists and neuropsychologists to work with supervision. They work in closed environments or, in the case of neuropsychologists and legal psychologists, it can be in the open. Clinical, social psychologists and psychoanalysts eventually work irregular hours. Some of them work under pressure, in uncomfortable positions for long periods, confined (clinical and social psychologists) and exposed to radiation (neuropsychologists) and loud noises. The psychoanalyst occupation is not a specialization, it is a training, which follows principles, processes and procedures defined by internationally recognized institutions, and the psychoanalyst can have different trainings such as: psychologist, psychiatrist, doctor, philosopher etc.

What does it take to work in the field of Psychologists and Psychoanalysts

For workers in this family, a complete higher education and professional experience is required, which varies according to training. For psychologists, in general, one to four years is required, as is the case with the clinical psychologist. For the psychoanalyst, at least five years of experience is required. Qualification courses also range from basic courses of 200 to 400 class hours, as in the case of hospital psychologists, more than 400 class hours for legal psychologists, psychoanalysts and neuropsychologists, to specialization courses for clinical and social psychologists. The training of these professionals is a set of activities developed by them, but the procedures are different in terms of formal aspects related to the institutions that form them.

Functions and activities of Criminal psychologist

Psychologists and Psychoanalysts must:

participate in professional outreach activities;

analyze - treating individuals, groups and institutions;

participate in activities for professional disclosure;

participate in activities for professional dissemination;

educating individuals, groups and institutions;

accompanying individuals, groups and institutions;

evaluate psychic behaviors;

orienting individuals, groups and institutions;

perform administrative tasks;

guide individuals, groups and institutions;

coordinate teams and activities;

guiding individuals, groups and institutions;

assessing psychic behaviors;

assess psychic behaviors;

participate in activities for professional outreach;

develop experimental, theoretical and clinical research;

educate individuals, groups and institutions;

analyze - treat individuals, groups and institutions;

demonstrate personal skills;

monitor individuals, groups and institutions;

Activities

summon people;

perform referral;

developing recruitment and selection processes;

recruit human resources;

prepare opinions, reports and expertise;

participate in a technical shift;

perform stimulation work (psychomotor, psychological, neuropsychological and energetic );

delivering classes, courses and lectures;

monitor the development of professionals in training and specialization;

informing about the development of the human psyche;

standardize tests;

demonstrate abstract reasoning ability;

promoting psychic integration;

perform therapeutic follow-up;

participate in technical committees;

schedule activities;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

providing space to host emotional experiences (therapeutic setting);

rehabilitate cognitive aspects;

participate in professional associations;

monitor visiting shifts of the court of justice;

promote development of internal perception (insight);

measure results of assessment instruments;

advise people, groups and families;

promote psychic integration;

investigate people, situations and problems;

provide for the acquisition of technical material;

inform about the development of the human psyche;

training professionals;

assist in the formulation of public policies;

monitor impacts of interventions;

supervise interns in the area and related areas;

propose interventions;

monitor the evolution of the intervention;

measure the results of assessment instruments;

make statistical surveys;

elaborate diagnoses;

clarifying the psychological repercussions resulting from medical-hospital procedures;

evaluate psychic signs and symptoms;

demonstrate ability to maintain impartiality;

investigate individual, group and institutional behavior;

build research instruments;

coordinate meetings;

provide creation of patient-therapist bond;

demonstrate tactile sensitivity;

evaluate energetic signs and symptoms;

standardize tests;

define problem and objectives;

participate in technical shift;

guiding behavior change;

facilitating groups;

distribute tasks to team;

elucidating conflicts and issues;

promoting development of interpersonal relationships;

provide consultancy/advice;

evaluate functional signs and symptoms;

training specialists in the field;

demonstrate ability to overcome adverse situations;

analyze the results of assessment instruments;

establish research parameters;

presenting case studies;

prescribe therapeutic treatment;

demonstrate holistic vision ability;

rebalance energetic and functional disorders;

evaluating results;

demonstrate empathy;

organize records;

observe people and situations;

participate in class entities;

listen actively (know how to listen);

monitor the evolution of the case;

develop administrative assessment instruments;

participate in lectures, debates and interviews;

organize events;

monitor treatment egresses;

investigate animal behavior;

respect customers' values and beliefs;

apply instruments and assessment methods;

monitor project results;

stimulating homeostatic mechanisms;

publish articles, essays, scientific books and technical notes;

coordinating study groups;

work as a team;

provide support for organizational strategies and policies;

choose the assessment instrument;

mediating conflicts;

fill in forms and register;

select therapeutic intervention instruments;

participate in scientific meetings (congresses, seminars and symposia);

elaborate a discharge process;

carrying out vocational guidance;

participate in municipal, state and federal councils;

develop projects;

demonstrate systemic vision ability;

work on team dynamics;

guiding about career plans;

systemize information;

providing resources for the development of cognitive aspects;

plan team activities;

making the unconscious conscious;

demonstrate observation skills;

visit households;

guiding on public health programs;

respect the limits of performance;

training specialists in the area;

demonstrate interest in the person/human being;

studying cases;

triate cases;

rehabilitate psychomotor aspects;

investigate the human psyche;

collect data;

make statistical surveys;

provide subsidies for drafting legislation;

collect pertinent data;

select human resources;

give back;

search bibliography;

interviewing people;

schedule appointments;

organize data;

monitor project results;

evaluate the execution of actions;

rehabilitate bodily aspects;

analyze data;

train specialists in the field;

demonstrate ability to question;

promoting development of internal perception (insight);

supervise professionals in the area and related areas;

interpreting conflicts and issues;

elaborate manuals;

work as a team;

analyzing the results of assessment instruments;

visit institutions and social facilities;

developing courses for specific groups;

rehabilitate behavioral aspects;

evaluate proposals and projects;

developing educational projects;

identify community resources;

monitoring treatment egresses;

provide emotional support;

guiding people about health promotion and prevention;

maintain professional secrecy;

training psychoanalysts;

monitoring court of justice visiting shifts;

define action methodologies;

applying instruments and assessment methods;

Sectors that hire Criminal psychologist the most in the job market

social assistance activities provided in collective and private residences
combined office and administrative support services
breeding cattle for milk
business management consulting activities
industrial assembly works
other auxiliary land transport activities
justice
manufacture of artifacts from plastic material for personal and domestic use
trade representatives and non-specialized general merchandise trading agents

Criminal psychologist - Career description, activities, functions and salary