Criminal Profiling: Theories and Practice

Course details

Includes 40 lectures and over 2 hours of content.

• Uses various case studies to highlight certain points and theories.
• Learn about the development of individual profiling methods, and what each method is based on.
• Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each profiling method.
• Suitable for anyone interested in understanding the offender motive and linking the crimes of a serial offender.

This criminal profiling course will give you an understanding of the development of various profiling methods and the ways they are applied to cases. Learn how a profile may be formed under each method, and understand some of the areas a profile can be applied to such as linking serial crimes. You will also learn about the history behind criminal and enemy profiling, the CIA, motives and crime mapping.
Dr. Wayne Petherick is a forensic criminologist and an Associate Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Society and Design at Bond University. He teaches Criminal Profiling, Criminal Motivations, Forensic Criminology, Profiling and Crime Analysis, Crime and Deviance, and Applied Crime Analysis and has published textbooks in those areas.
This course is ideal for anyone interested in criminal profiling, forensic psychology or the history, techniques and methods utilized for identifying criminal suspects. You will understand the difference between the types of logic and reasoning used to develop profiles and the theories behind your favourite crime cases, documentaries and even TV shows.
Introduction

• An Introduction
• Say hi to your fellow students!
• Share with your family and friends!
• An Introduction to Profiling
• What is Criminal Profiling

Enemy Profiling

• Enemy Profiling
• History of Criminal Profiling

Concepts, profiling and reasoning.

• Basic Concepts
• Inductive Profiling
• Deductive Reasoning
• Adductive Reasoning
• Examples

Diagnostic Evaluations

• Diagnostic Evaluations

The CIA

• History of CIA
• The FBI Study
• Organised and Disorganised
• CIA in Practice

Investigating Psychology and Techniques

• Investigative Psychology
• Origins of IP
• Theoretical Backdrop
• Statistical Techniques

Behavioural Evidence Analysis

• BEA
• Stages of BEA

Geographic profiling and computerised crime mapping

• Geographic Profiling
• Centres and Circles
• Computerised Crime Mapping
• Computers versus People

A Suggested Approach

• A Suggested Approach

Case Linkage

• Case Linkage
• New Jersey versus Fortin
• A Suggested Approach
• Case Example

Staging

• Staging
• Case Example

Motives

• Motivational Analysis
• Motivational Typologies

Courtroom and Cases

• Profiling in Court
• Notable Cases

Investigative Relevance

• Investigative Relevance
• Utility and Relevance

Case Study

• Case Study

Updated on 14 October, 2018