Forensic Science and Profiling

Syllabus

Lesson One

• Introduction to Forensic Science
• The History of Forensic Science-from 3rd Century BC
• Discoveries in the Field of Forensic Science

Lesson Two

• Forensics
• What is DNA?
• Mitochondrial DNA
• DNA and the Law
• Amplified DNA
• Operation Phoenix
• The Royal Family of Russia

Case Studies

• Robert Melias
• Colin Pitchfork
• The Murder of Helen McCourt
• The Murder of Leanne Tiernan
• Jules Mikus 2001- New Zealand
• The Murder of Hyo Jung Jin

Lesson Three

• The History of Fingerprints
• Forensic Footwear
• Ear Prints
• Palm Prints

Lesson Four

• Forensic Odontology
• Hair
• Trace evidence-fibres

Case Studies

• The Salem Witch Trials
• Ted Bundy
• The Chi Omega Murders
• Napoleon Bonaparte - suspicious death?
• John Vollman
• The Murder of Ruby Annie Keen

Lesson Five

• Crime Scene – Murder
• Chemical Pollution at the Scene of a Crime
• The Autopsy
• Positional asphyxia/postural asphyxia
• Saponification/Adipocere
• Decomposition

Case Studies

• Patrick Higgins

Lesson Six

• Poisons
• Poisoners
• The Marsh Test
• Doctors who kill

Case Studies

• The Case of Charles LeFarge
• Dr. Pierre Marie Bougrat
• Dr Harold Shipman.
• Michael Swango

Lesson Seven

• Psychological Profiling Including a Brief History of Profiling
• Early Profilers- Kirk 1900
• 1950`s Ernst Kretschmer
• Dr James Brussel
• Serial Killers
• FBI Six Stages of Profiling
• Investigated Psychology Using Five Factors
• Behavioural Evidence Analysis

Case Studies

• New York Pipe Bomber
• Jack the Ripper

Lesson Eight

• A profile of the organized perpetrator /offender
• The Disorganized Asocial Offender
• Types of Rapists
• Profiling
• Victimology

Case Studies

• The Suffolk Strangler a.k.a. The Ipswich Ripper-disorganised serial killer
• David Berkowitz
• Robert Hanssen
• Jerome Brudos-lust killer
• Andrei Chikatilo

Study Hours

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 80 hrs.