CMRJ329 - Criminal Profiling
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This course explores criminal behavior, its motivation, and the environmental influences and patterns of offending. Other topics examined are the approaches to profiling and how these investigative techniques are applied to helping solve crimes. The course will address aspects of behavior, taking into consideration the definition of criminal profiling as the inference of offender traits from physical and/or behavioral evidence. Evaluations will be made of the history, theories, and investigative techniques regarding profiling crime offenders, using a unique blend of both social science, as well as psychological & legal research. It includes legal case excerpts to demonstrate the role of the profiler (investigator). This provides the student a solid understanding of the integral relationship between the profiling techniques and theories of criminal behavior and the court system. Further exploration and assessment is discussed beyond traditional investigative procedures with Current topics such as "inductive and deductive profiling", understanding modus operandi, and various other crime specific topics such as serial rape and sadistic behavior. Students will be able to explain how the science and art of profiling crime scenes, and subsequently offenders, from physical and psychological evidence as a key to the investigation of a violent serial crime e.g., sex crime etc., for which there is no known perpetrator. It is recommended students take either CMRJ101 or CMRJ306 prior to enrolling in this course.
Prerequisites
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Corequisites
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Schedule of Classes
| 09/26/11 - 02/26/12 |
03/05/12 - 04/29/12 |
Winter 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 10/31/11 - 03/25/12 |
04/02/12 - 05/27/12 |
Spring 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
| 12/26/11 - 05/27/12 |
06/04/12 - 07/29/12 |
Spring 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
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Criminal Profiling, 4th ed. - E-book available in the APUS Online Library
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0123852439
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Academic Press, Inc.
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| Author: |
Turvey, Brent E.
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$82.75
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Stateside & Canadian Students: The e-book is available via the Online Library and the access information is provided in the classroom. If you wish to purchase the hard copy text, you may do so through the bookseller of your choice.
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Online Library E-book Note
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