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Murder Investigation for Crime Writers
Rating: 4.8 out of 5(5 ratings)
35 students

Murder Investigation for Crime Writers

Helping crime fiction authors achieve authenticity in their stories through an understanding of UK murder investigations
Created bySteven Keogh
Last updated 5/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Who investigates murders
  • The mindset of murder investigators
  • The actions investigators take to solve murders
  • The mindset if those that kill

Course content

15 sections31 lectures7h 4m total length
  • Introduction to course9:19

Requirements

  • No experience of criminal investigation is required. This will be taught on the course.

Description

Former Scotland Yard detective inspector, Steve Keogh investigated over 100 murders over a 30 year career. In this career he built up a huge knowledge that he will share in this first course of its kind.


He will lead you through how murders are investigated in the UK, to give you a thorough understanding of how these crimes are solved, how investigators think, and the processes they go through in each crime.

The course consists of nearly five hours of videos, exercises to test your knowledge and downloads to better help your understanding and assist writers in the structuring of their stories.


This course is suitable for:

  • Experienced crime fiction writers

  • New crime fiction writers

  • Those considering writing crime fiction

  • students of subjects of matters relating to murder investigation.

  • Journalists,

  • Screen writers 

  • True Crime fans.

There are many misconceptions when it comes to understanding how murders are investigated. This course is designed to dis-spell those misconceptions and give students a truly unique insight into the world of murder investigation.


At the end of the course the student will understand


  • The make-up of a murder investigation team

  • How they operate at the initial stages of a murder investigation

  • The role played by the senior investigating officer

  • How senior officers direct an investigation

  • The issues that can derail an investigation

Who this course is for:

  • New crime fiction authors
  • Those thinking about becoming a crime fiction author
  • Experienced crime fiction authors
  • Those with an interest in murder investigation
  • Student studying subjects related to murder investigation