CP208 Course Description

Criminal Profiling & Domestic Homicide

Note: Brent E. Turvey, MS is a full partner of Knowledge Solutions LLC.
He can be reached for comment or consultation by contacting:
Knowledge Solutions; 61535 S Hwy 97, #9-148; Bend, OR 97702; 
Phone (541) 318-8293; Email: bturvey@corpus-delicti.com

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Purposes and Objectives
Lesson Plan
Requirements
Instructor
Textbook
Is this course for me?
Course Schedule
Cost
Registration
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Purposes and Objectives:

Knowledge Solutions is pleased to be offering CP208: Criminal Profiling & Domestic Homicide. It is a focused effort to define the specific types of domestic homicide that can occur, and to explore how they may manifest as behavior in a crime scene. Offender motivations will be explored as well. CP208 is an intense course, not so much in terms of time, or even effort, but in terms of the weight of the subject, and reconciling it within crime scene behavior.

The objective of CP208 is to give students an awareness level of understanding of the core tenets of criminal profiling as they relate specifically to the subject of domestic homicide. CP208 will also serve the secondary objective of assisting students who wish to further learn and use criminal profiling techniques in their current or developing careers, by informing them to the point where they can make decisions on how to pursue more advanced levels of education to fulfill these goals. Professionals as well will become attenuated to the relevance and potential saliency of applying profiling techniques in their own particular fields.

For a full syllabus, please refer here: CP208.

Lesson Plan:

The course consists of a weekly online lesson plan in the form of an HTML (web) page, with assigned reading, and assigned questions. In addition, the instructor is always available by email.

For a full syllabus, please link to the syllabus.

The weekly lessons plans will follow the syllabus in structure, but will include lecture materials, reading assignments, discussion topics for the web-based discussion forum, etc.

Requirements:

1. The following software and skills are required for successful completion of this course:

• A familiarity with computers and their operation.
• An understanding of the Internet and how to access its resources.
• Competency with and access to Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer or another forms capable browser, with the ability to view both text and images.
• A valid email address and familiarity with sending and receiving email.

3. For those students who would like a certificate of completion for the course, an open-book, online final exam will be administered in which the student must demonstrate knowledge of particular tenets of criminal profiling as they relate to psychopathy in application.
   
   Certificates of completion are given to those who have taken the final exam and passed. Certificates are prepared and mailed quarterly.

Instructor:

Brent E. Turvey, MS

Brent is a full partner, Instructor, and Criminal Profiler with Knowledge Solutions LLC. To learn more about Brent, please click on his name to be taken to the Instructors page.

If you would like to know more about the instructor's views on profiling, please see the following:

• Criminal Profiling as a Career FAQ
• Deductive Profiling
• The Role of Criminal Profiling in the Development of Trial Strategy
• What is Criminal Profiling? in the April 1997 Knowledge Solutions Newsletter

Textbook:

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The required text for this course is:
Family Violence Across the Lifespan: An Introduction
by Ola W. Barnett, Cindy L. Miller-Perrin, Robin D. Perrin

This book can be easily purchased from our online Forensic Science Bookstore. Just click on the book link above. For more books on this topic, visit the Homicide bookshelf.

Is this course for me?

Please be sure to read the syllabus, to see what topics will be covered.

This course is open to those in law enforcement, the behavioral sciences, or the general public. However, we do request that registrants have a basic understanding of psychology and have at least taken an introductory psychology or sociology course at some point during high school or college, or have the equivalent in experience.

You'll get more out of the course if you have some context. If you have any questions, please contact us.

People who will directly benefit from this course are:

• Students of Criminal Justice, Psychology, Sociology, Forensic Science, and many others of varying levels
• University professors who teach Criminal Justice and/ or Forensic Science
• Law enforcement - police officers, crime scene techs, sex crimes and homicide detectives, investigators, and others
• Private Investigators
• Psychologists and Psychiatrists from varying specialties
• Attorneys
• Others interested in domestic homicide related issues

Course Schedule:

Starting Date:	NOV 20, 2004
Ending Date:	DEC 17, 2004

Please note the Saturday start date for this 4-week course.

Maximum course size:	50 students
Time Commitment:	3 + hours / week

Please note: Due to the nature of our online courses, course materials and the discussion forum are available 24 hours a day and can be accessed according to the student's individual schedule. Thus, the time commitment can only be an estimate on our part and will vary from student to student.

Cost:

Total registration fee per student is $120.00 U.S. This does not include the price of the textbook.

Registration:

To register, please click on the registration link at the top of this page.

The deadline for registrations & payments is:

NOV 13, 2004

Please note: Late registrations are accepted after the deadline with late fee, as long as the course remains open for registration; generally the first week or two of the course. Payment by check or money order must arrive at our office no later than the Registration & Payment deadline in order to ensure enrollment and to avoid a $20 late fee. Credit card payment must be authorized by the Registration & Payment deadline in order to ensure enrollment and to avoid a $20 late fee. We won't be able to activate your login until we have confirmed your registration with payment. Refund policy - We regret that we cannot refund enrollment fees if you choose to withdraw from a course once you have confirmed your registration with payment. Please see the Student FAQ for more details or write the Director of Forensic Services with any questions.

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