Criminal Typologies

Course Description:

This course examines the offender characteristics and behavioral patterns of individuals who commit crimes of interpersonal violence and/or sexual assault.  Emphasis will be upon the motivational beliefs of the offenders, and how these beliefs influence the manner in which they select victims and carry out their attacks.  The offenses of sexual homicide, mass murder, workplace violence, serial rape, child molestation, armed robbery and similar crimes will be the primary focus of the research and discussion in this course.

Course Objectives:

Students should develop an understanding of the following topics:

1.        A history of criminal profiling.

2.        The difference between inductive and deductive profiling.

3.        The sexual component of serial murder.

4.        Disorganized and organized Serial Murder

5.        Rape and serial rape

6.        Domestic homicide

7.        The Types of Child Molesters

8.        Mass murder and school shootings

9.        Arson investigation

10.     Fraud and white-collar criminals

11. Occult Crime

Course Content:

Week 1: An Introduction to Criminal Profiling

Week 2: An Introduction to Serial Murder

Week 3: The Sexual Component of Serial Murder

Week 4: Organized and Disorganized Serial Murder

Week 5: Serial Rape

Week 6: Child Molestation

Week 7: Domestic Homicide

Week 8: Felony Murder and Criminal Enterprise Homicide

Week 9: Mass Murder

Week 10: Stalking

Week 11: Arson

Week 12: Trends in Property Crime and White-collar crime

Week 13: Occult Crime

Week 14: Interviewing and Interrogation