Criminology: Offender Profiling

Course details

Course Highlights

• Includes 49 lectures with 3 hours of video content & supporting handout materials
• Learn how to discern information about a potential offender by analysing a crime scene.
• Includes a 92-Page Handbook detailing all aspects of the course and how to get the most out of the lecture material.
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of offender profiling, and its place in the future of criminology.
• A perfect course for anyone with an interest in criminology who wants to learn more about the world of offender profiling.

Course Overview

This course provides a detailed and thorough introduction into the world of offender profiling, offering insightful teachings on its history and origin. It will take you through the different types of an offender, and the different types of profiling that correspond to each type of offence. By the end of this course, you will know how to create a detailed and accurate offender profile.

This is an ideal course for anyone with a burgeoning interest in criminology and offender profiling. Whether you consider yourself an expert or a novice on this topic, this course is designed to teach you more about this fascinating world!

Instructor Bio
Course instructor Teresa Clyne is a legal and forensic psychology consultant. She is a lecturer in interdisciplinary law and forensic psychology at the University of Portsmouth and has written several publications, including 'A Plain English Guide to Business Law'. Teresa is an expert in her field and continues to share her teachings with students worldwide.


Introduction
Introduction to this course
Handout - Course Overview
Handout - Course Objectives
The History of Offender Profiling
Handout - Course Handbook
Types of profiling

The history of offender profiling
Serial offenders: Developmental problems
A history of Witchcraft
The Salem witch trials
Identifying witches
Judicium Dei (Judgement of God)
Water trials
Fire trials

Crime Analysis
Crime analysis - who did what to whom?
Intelligence analysis
Types of crime analysis
Crime Linkage
Categorisation

Current Approaches to Offender Profiling
The difference in approach between the UK and the USA
David Canter
Profiling techniques
Investigative psychology
Victimology
Typological profiling
Typographical offender profiling
Psychological profiling
Geographical profiling
Handout - Activity 1, profile the crime scene

Profiling the Offender
Profiling the offender
Psychopathy
Stages of profiling
Paraphilia
Psychologist place in profiling
Traits of offenders
Types of serial killers
Serial, mass and spree killers
Types of annihilators
Ireland's serial killers
More on the history of Irish serial killers
Characteristics of serial killers
Modus Operandi and Signature
Handout - Activity 2, identify the type killer in the crime scene

Profiles of Serial Killers
Jack The Ripper
Cayetano Santos Godino
The Babes of Inglewood
Adolf Hitler
The Mad Bomber of New York
The Yorkshire Ripper

The Future of Offender Profiling
The future of offender profiling
Strengths and weaknesses of offender profiling
Conclusion to the course

Course Assessment
Quiz - End of course assessment Updated on 14 October, 2018