Criminal Profiling Course
Study criminal profiling to understand criminal behaviour and determine how to investigate and profile offenders.
This course is useful for anyone interested in, or involved in -
- law enforcement
- criminal investigations
- legal support
- victim support
- psychology
- criminal behaviour generally
- writers
- journalists
- teachers
- prison officers
The course is self-paced.
You can start at any time to suit you.
Course Structure
There are ten lessons in this course. At the end of each lesson, there is an assignment to submit to your tutor for marking and feedback. You can also contact your tutor with any questions throughout the course.
The lessons cover -
- Introduction to Criminal Profiling
- Profiling Methods
- Crime Scene Analysis
- Offender Characteristics
- Victimology
- Offender Profiling – Sexual Crimes
- Offender Profiling – Violent Crimes
- Offender Profiling – White Collar Crimes
- Offender Profiling – Victimless Crimes, Consensual Crimes and Other Crimes
- Profiling in Action
Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the
school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any
relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.
Aims
- Describe the nature and scope of criminal profiling.
- Explain different methods used for criminal profiling.
- Describe how a crime scene may be analysed.
- Describe criminal offender characteristics.
- Describe different types of victims.
- Describe the common profiles of sex crime offenders and victim profiles.
- Describe the common profiles of violent crime offenders.
- Describe common profiles of white-collar crime offenders.
- Apply criminal profiling to victimless crimes, consensual crimes, and other crimes.
- Discuss the application of criminal profiling, and its importance to society.
Why Study This Course?
Firstly, this course is studied online, by remote learning.
It is also self-paced and you can start at any time.
Therefore, it is a great course for you to complete alongside your other work and home committments. You can study when and where suits you.
Secondly, this is a useful course for anyone who wants to understand more about criminal behaviour for work reasons or personal interest.
For example, if you want to gain knowledge or expand your knowledge of criminal behaviour and offender profiling.
Our criminal profilng tutors are happy to answer any questions you may have about the course and whether it is right for you.
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