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Criminal Profiling Practicum –
2007
Forensic Solutions is
pleased to sponsor the following two-day training event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This will be intensive immersion into the criminal profiling process.
After introductory lectures
on each subject (Equivocal Forensic Analysis; Victimology; Crime Scene
Characteristics, and Offender Characteristics) attendees will work different
segments of four or more rotating cases as part of a small group no larger than
three persons. Each attendee will be given a casebook containing material
related to the four cases to be examined. The casebook will be prefaced with
the ABP Criminal Profiling Guidelines, and with material from the upcoming
third edition of Criminal Profiling by Turvey, to include criminal profiling
principles and practice standards.
Attendees will learn an
awareness of basic profiling subjects, and how the principles of behavioral
evidence analysis may be applied when examining a case in both investigative
and forensic contexts.
This course is not intended
to make attendees into criminal profilers, nor will it qualify them as such or
oversimplify complex behavioral issues and interpretations. Rather, it will add
to the attendeesÕ general knowledge and experience with regards to the subjects
covered. It is designed to teach logic, critical thinking, and the scientific
method as it related to interpreting behavioral evidence through applied trial
and error with actual case material. It will provide attendees with the
opportunity to do so under structured guidance with immediate feedback.
Attendees are encouraged to have
purchased and read Criminal Profiling: An
Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 2nd Edition - by Brent E. Turvey, MS.
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online through Amazon.com.
Attendees should bring
writing material. Tea and coffee will be supplied. Lunch will be provided on
the last day.
Attendees who successfully
complete the paperwork for ALL four segments of their group work will receive a
certificate signed by both instructors denoting the completion of 16 hours of
Forensic Solutions coursework.
This workshop is open to
the public, and is strongly recommended for students and professionals who are
working or studying in areas related to:
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LOCATION
Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel
128 E. Fremont Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
1-800-937-6537
BinionÕs is located in old
Vegas, and is surrounded by many other hotels within walking distance such.
They call it the Freemont Street Experience, and we have found it a great deal
less crowded and more enjoyable than the main strip for our purposes.
See: THE FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE
for a list of hotels.
PRACTICUM DATES &
TIMES
August 13 &
14th (Mo. & Tue.), 2007; 9:00AM - 5:00PM
REGISTRATION COSTS
Students
$125 USD
Non-Student/ Public $195 USD
CONTACT
Brent E. Turvey, MS
bturvey@forensic-science.com
Phone: 907-747-5121
INSTRUCTORS
Wayne Petherick, PhD
Senior Teaching
Fellow
Criminology Department
Bond
Gold Coast, Qld, 4229
Ph: +617 55951124
wpetheri@staff.bond.edu.au
Wayne completed a Bachelor
of Social Science (Psychology) at Queensland University of Technology and holds
a PhD in Criminology from Bond. Wayne teaches in Crime Prevention, Criminal
Motivations, Forensic Criminology, Criminal Profiling, Behavioral Evidence
Analysis and Victimology, as well as guest lecturing in the fourth year and
Master of Forensic Psychology program. Wayne has published in the areas of
stalking and criminal profiling, and is author of Serial
Crime with
Academic Press. Wayne is a Full Member, Criminology Section, of the Academy of
Behavioral Profiling and is a board member and Australian Representative to
this organization.
Brent E. Turvey, MS
Forensic Scientist
& Criminal Profiler
Forensic Solutions, LLC
P.O. Box 2175
Sitka, Alaska 99835
Ph: 831-254-5446
bturvey@corpus-delicti.com
Brent E. Turvey holds his
Masters of Science in Forensic Science from the University of New Haven, in
West Haven, Connecticut. He has consulted with many agencies, attorneys, and
police departments in the United States, Australia, China, Canada, Barbados and
Korea on a range of rapes, homicides, and multiple death cases, as a forensic
scientist and criminal profiler. He has also been court qualified as an expert
in the areas of criminal profiling, forensic science, rape investigation, and
crime reconstruction. In August of 2002, he was invited by the Chinese People's
Police Security University in Beijing to lecture before groups of detectives at
the Beijing, Wuhan, Hanjou, and Shanghai police bureaus. In December of 2005,
he returned to lecture to the police in China, again through the CPPSU, after
the local publication of his text, translated into Chinese.
He is also the author of Criminal
Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 2nd Ed
(2002), as well as
co-author of Rape
Investigation Handbook (2004) and Crime
Reconstruction (2006).
He is a the senior partner of Forensic Solutions LLC.
TOPICS
DAY 1
Topic: Equivocal
Forensic Analysis (EFA)
An equivocal
forensic analysis refers to a review of the entire body of physical evidence in
a given case, questioning all related assumptions and conclusions. Attendees
will learn the basic forensic examinations and materials required to begin the
profiling process and why they are important.
EFA Group work: Attendees will assess the case material provided in order to
answer two questions with respect to performing a behavioral analysis:
1. Is the case material of sufficient quantity?
2. Is the case material of sufficient quality?
Topic: Victimology
Victimology is
the study of victims. Attendees will learn the basic victimological information
required in order to perform a victimological risk assessment to be considered
as part of a criminal profile.
Group work: Attendees will assess the case material provided in order to
answer the following questions with respect to performing a victimological
assessment:
1. What is the victim's lifestyle risk?
2. What is the victim's incident risk?
3. What risks did the offender take in acquiring the victim?
4. What is the suspect pool?
DAY 2
Topic: Crime Scene
Characteristics
Crime Scene
Characteristics are the general, distinguishing features of a crime scene as
evidenced by an offenderÕs behavioral decisions regarding the victim and the offense
location. Attendees will learn the basic scene characteristics most helpful in
discriminating an offender's modus operandi and signature behaviors.
Group work: Attendees will assess the case material provided in order to
answer the following questions with respect to at least the following crime
scene characteristics:
1. Location & Scene Type
2. Point of Contact
3. Primary Scene
4. Method of Approach
5. Method of Attack
6. Use of Force
7. Methods of Control
8. Victim Resistance
9. Sexual Activity
10. Planning / Precautionary acts
11. Items Taken
12. Evidence of Motive
13. Etc...
Topic: Offender
Characteristics
Offender
Characteristics or those traits that separate and ultimately distinguish them
from the general population of suspects. Attendees will learn the basic
offender characteristics most helpful to investigative and forensic efforts.
Group work: Attendees will assess the case material provided in order to
answer the following questions with respect to a list of offender
characteristics, and their definitions, that will be provided.
Those interested in
registering for this workshop may pay by check, money order, Visa, MC, or
Discover.
Check or Money Order
Make all checks
or international money orders payable to Forensic Solutions, LLC in US Dollars (simply write USD
next to the written and numeric amounts - it is that simple). Prepare a letter
with your name, employment/ student information, and contact information
including phone and email so that we can contact you and send updates.
Mail to:
Practicum c/o
Forensic Solutions, LLC
P.O. Box 2175
Sitka, Alaska 99835
USA
Visa, MC, or Discover
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