Advanced Criminal Profiling: Investigative and Forensic Applications
Location:
EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER – REGION 19
6611 Boeing Drive
El Paso, Texas
Instructors:
Stan Crowder, PhD and Brent Turvey, PhD
Dates:
December 15-18, 2014; 8am - 5:30pm, (M-Th)
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Objective
The objective of this four (4) day course is to provide advanced instruction in the application of evidence based criminal profiling techniques (aka Behavioral Evidence Analysis) to unsolved criminal cases, with the anticipation of eventual courtroom testimony. Students will gain experience examining case material, interpreting behavioral evidence, and preparing written investigative and forensic reports.
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Goals
1. Students will bring their own active or otherwise unresolved cases to the course and apply what they learn in order to complete a written threshold assessment or criminal profile. (Note: A case will be provided to those students unable to bring their own. Advanced instructor notification required.)
2. Students will be expected to complete a written exam on the final day of the course (the ABP Board Examination, which is a comprehensive examination
covering advanced forensic science, victimology, crime scene analysis, and offender
character inference issues).
3. Successful completion of either written assessment and the exam will meet related requirements as described in the IAFC Criminal Profiling Certification Act. Those students that otherwise meet additional CPCA requirements will be eligible for IAFC Certification.
Students will be provided with a workbook containing an explanation of key concepts, a glossary of key terms and written forms for use in the completion of daily assignments. Students will be allowed to work in groups, on a single case, of no greater than three.
The course text is Criminal Profiling, 4th ed. It can be purchased at Amazon.com.
Registration Costs & Information
- Students and IAFC Members:
$275.00
- Attorney General/ Law Enforcement/ Military (register as students):
$275.00
Click above links to register online, or contact bturvey@forensic-science.com for other rates that may apply.
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COURSE OUTLINE
Day 1 - Applied Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Victimology
Crime Scene Investigation
-Investigator Reports
-Witness statements
-Medico-legal reports (e.g., autopsy)
-Toxicology report
-Crime lab reports (e.g., firearms, bloodstains, DNA)
-Photos
Goal 1 - Establish threshold reconstruction of key events
Goal 2 - Establish what has been collected and tested
Goal 3 - Establish what is missing investigatively and forensically
Forensic Victimology
-Investigator Reports
-Witness statements
-Medico-legal reports (e.g., autopsy)
-Toxicology report
-Crime lab reports (e.g., firearms, bloodstains, DNA)
-Photos
Goal 1 - Establish victim profile
Goal 2 - Establish victims lifestyle exposure
Goal 3 - Establish victim incident / situational exposure
Day 2 - Applied Crime Scene Analysis
Inputs
-Investigator Reports
-Witness statements
-Medico-legal reports (e.g., autopsy)
-Toxicology report
-Crime lab reports (e.g., firearms, bloodstains, DNA)
-Photos
Goal 1 - Establish offender modus operandi behavior
Goal 2 - Establish offender signature behavior
Day 3 - Applied Offender Profiling
Inputs
- Results of Crime Scene Investigation
- Results of Forensic Victimological Analysis
- Results of Crime Analysis
Goal 1 - Establish primary/ secondary offender motives
Goal 2 - Establish offender knowledge, skills, and abilities re offense
Goal 3 - Establish offender knowledge, skills, and abilities re victim
Goal 4 - Establish offender knowledge, skills, and abilities re crime scene(s)
Day 4 - Assessments
1. Complete written Threshold Assessment or Criminal Profile (morning)
2. Complete Certification Exam (afternoon)
