John Jay College is respected for it's Forensic Program. If that is your area of interest, you should attend there.
Honestly, I hear that regular Psychology isn't doing so well as far as employers demand for the degree. So it makes sense to go with something more specialized. So go with Forensic Psychology at Cuny.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.