Criminal Profiling

Brent Turvey, PhD is the author of Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions (1999, 2002, 2008, 2011); co- author of the Rape Investigation Handbook, 1st and 2nd Editions (2004, 2011), Crime Reconstruction 1st and 2nd Editions (2006, 2011), Forensic Victimology (2008) and Forensic Fraud (2013) - all with Elsevier Science. He hold an MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology. He is a full partner, Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with Forensic Solutions, LLC, and The Forensic Criminology Institute. Dr. Turvey also maintains a caseload of femicides (e.g., sexual homicides, gender motivated homicides), pre-femicidal violence, trafficking, and human rights cases in Latin America. Many of these are related to drug trafficking and human trafficking. This involves the implementation of the UN Model Protocol for Femicide Investigation in Latin America, with The Forensic Criminology Institute’s Behavioral Science Lab (BSL). In operation since 2019, the BSL collaborates with USAID, The United Nations, and The Attorney Generals Office in Bogota DC, providing international support and training to attorneys , investigators and forensic professionals.

SECTION 1 – An Introduction to Criminal Profiling1. A History of Criminal Profiling2. Criminal Profiling: Science, Logic, and Cognition3. Alternative Methods of Criminal Profiling 4. Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry, and Criminal Profiling: The Mental Health Professional's Contribution to Criminal Profiling5. An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis6. An Introduction to Crime Scene Analysis

SECTION 2 – Forensic Victimology7. Forensic Victimology8. Sexual Deviance9. Sexual Asphyxia10. False Reports

SECTION 3 – Crime Scene Analysis11. An Introduction to Crime Reconstruction12. Crime Scene Characteristics13. Interpreting Motive14. Case Linkage15. Cyberpatterns: Criminal Behavior on the Internet16. Fire and Explosives: Behavioral Aspects

SECTION 4 – Offender Characteristics17. Inferring Offender Characteristics18. Psychopathy and Sadism: Interpreting Psychopathic and Sadistic Behavior in the Crime Scene19. Sex Crimes20. Domestic Homicide21. Mass Murder22. Serial Cases: Investigating Pattern Crimes23. Introduction to Terrorism: Understanding and Interviewing Terrorists Appendix: Threshold Assessment

SECTION 5 – Professional Issues24. Ethics and the Criminal Profiler25. Criminal Profiling on Trial: The Admissibility of Criminal Profiling Evidence