This course exposes students to the dynamics associated with the assessment of criminal behavior and the application of profiling as an investigative measure within the realm of criminal justice. Realistic scenarios pertaining to the application of criminal profiling are explored for the purpose of recognizing the element of maladaptive behavior. In addition, students gain understanding into the types of cases in which the role of profiling is most often employed within the investigative process.
The course is intended to be both an introduction and an intensification of topics covered in other courses, but with an emphasis on the structure and requirements associated with criminal profiling and behavior analysis.
Students have the opportunity to collaborate on addressing the serviceable element associated with the mission of behavior analysis in the investigative realm of criminal justice. There are activities, case study assessments, and tasks that address the appropriate modalities to incorporate in comprehending behavioral characteristics, traits, and patterns that offenders reveal within their criminality.
This course is designed to address the importance of behavioral analysis and skillsets required when profiling offenders in the process of a criminal investigation. Additionally, students engage in understanding offender motives while applying Biblical-based discernment through refrainment of judgement and bias.
This course provides students with the opportunity to investigate the purpose of patience and dedication within behavior analysis processes in criminal investigations. The focus centers upon applying the technique of criminal profiling while ensuring that all measures of evidence are explored and evaluated for the purpose of creating an accurate profile of the offender in question.
Students are afforded the opportunity to investigate strategies associated with crime scene profiling, geographic profiling, psychological profiling, suspect-based profiling, and equivalent death investigation analysis.
The culture of analyzing criminal behavior centers upon the notion that behavior is fluid and dynamic in nature. Criminal behavior violates norms, laws, and mores that have been established within a given culture. This course merges the scientific element of assessment with behavior to illustrate the synergistic component that subsists within the realm of investigations.
The investigative arena embraces an element of behavioral analysis in crime scene investigations. As criminal behavior can be both complex and simplistic in nature, law enforcement and related professions implement analytical exploration for the purpose of investigative purity by inspecting the validity of actions by others.
This course provides students with the opportunity to research and examine various perspectives, practices, and challenges that subsist within the specialization of offender profiling.
