Forensic Psychology and Offender Profiling Certificate
What you'll learn
- Students will learn all about the history and use of criminal profiling for serious crime such as murder and rape.
- Profiling and its development in the FBI, through to its current day use.
- How and why profilers arrive at their description of likely offender characteristics.
- Geographic profiling and its use
- A step by step guide through the stages of psychological profiling
Requirements
- An interest in offender profiling as applied to serious and serial crime
- Over the age of 16, as references to serious crime are made in the course
Description
This is a fascinating course which starts with an overview of offender profiling as developed initially by the FBI. The course moves on to crime scene analysis by the forensic psychologist or forensic mental health expert and what this tells us about the likely characteristics of the offender. The course looks at the likely characteristics of serial killers and rapists as distinguished from the general offender population, focusing on developmental characteristics from their childhood. Infamous cases are explored and the student is encouraged to carry out additional work in researching these cases.
Who this course is for:
- Over 16 years of age as adult material is included in the course.
- Anybody with an interest in this fascinating area of Forensic Psychology.
Course content
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Instructor
![Kevin Michael O'Doherty](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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I am a Psychologist, Forensic Mental Health Expert, CBT Therapist and Author of several self help books. I also carry out Medico Legal Psychological Assessments for Law firms. I provide Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for clients based all over the world with the aid of Virtual Programme Software such as Zoom, Skype, WhatsApp and Doxy. I consult, advise and deliver training on all aspects of forensic mental health in the UK, Europe and USA on request.
I find my work as a Forensic Mental Health Expert Witness fascinating and I do hope that I present some of that fascination to the student during the course.
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I provide live streaming/teaching of courses and workshops for groups via Zoom on request.