Criminology for Beginners

Syllabus

Lesson One: What is Criminology?

• Poisons
• The Case of Florence Maybrick.
• The Case of Charles LeFarge

Lesson Two: Knives

• The Case of Jack the Ripper (Part One)
• Victims

Lesson Three: The Case of Jack the Ripper (Part Two)

• Victims and Suspects
• Possible Victims
• Psychological Profiling

Lesson Four: Parricide and Matricide.

• The Case of Lizzie Borden
• The Case of Jo Ann Kiger
• The Case of Francis Blandy
• Somnambulism

Lesson Five: The Post Mortem / Autopsy

• Entomology
• Processing A Scene Of Crime
• Cold Cases
• The Case of Lord Lucan

Lesson Six: Prostitution

• Case of Jack the Stripper
• The Serial Killer
• Maslow - hierarchy of needs
• The Case of Burke and Hare
• The Case of Bela Kiss
• The Case of Peter Sutcliffe

Lesson Seven: The Black Dahlia

• The Case of Jean Spangler
• The Case of Marian Parker
• Missing Persons
• Kidnapping

Lesson Eight: Execution

• Methods of Execution.
• Capital punishment
• The Case of Ruth Ellis
• The Last Men To Be Executed In England
• Albert Pierrepoint
• Hangmen of the United Kingdom
• Law Enforcement Agencies
• The Profumo Case

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: 64 hrs.