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Offender Profiling

Undergraduate | GRF-CCJ211 | 2020

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Understand the key processes in this field where evidence is used to infer characteristics about a perpetrator. Explore law enforcement, forensic science, academic and clinical psychology, reconstruction, modus operandi and ethics.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
Subject may require attendance
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

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Offender Profiling

About this subject

  • After successfully completing this subject students should be able to:

    1. Knowledge of the evolution of profiling and an understanding of it as a multidisciplinary endeavour encompassing law enforcement, psychology, psychiatry, forensic science, and geography.
    2. Critical analysis and evaluation of the main approaches to profiling including; criminal investigative analysis, investigative psychology, diagnostic evaluations, crime action profiling, geographic profiling, and behavioural evidence analysis.
    3. Knowledge, understanding, and practical application of profiling processes including; crime reconstruction, identifying modus operandi and signature, linkage analysis, victimology, and inferring offender characteristics.
    4. Synthesis of profiling approaches and processes to construct a profile, and critically evaluate its accuracy and utility.
    5. Critical analysis and evaluation of the accuracy of offender profiling; and an understanding of the ethical implications of prediction.
    6. Knowledge of new or potential applications of offender profiling including terrorism and expert evidence.

Entry requirements

Others

This is not an introductory subject. You should complete a number of other first year subjects.
Students who have completed more than 2 OUA units (GPA 4.0+) and are planning on completing the Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice are strongly encouraged to enrol in the degree. Part of this process will involve registering your study plan with Griffith University, which will help to ensure that you are studying the required units.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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