CJ 200 - Profiling Serial Killers

Credit Hour(s): 3
Contact Hours: (3, 0)

This course is designed to introduce the concept of identifying trends and characteristics of the criminal activity of serial killers and the use of this information to predict when and where these offenders are likely to strike next. This course also identifies the behavioral and personal characteristics of serial killers and examines the methodologies and techniques of a criminal profile construction and analysis as well as the ethics and norms of the field.