Analysis of Interpersonal Violence
Two Day Course Syllabus and Outline
 

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

I. Course Title:  Analysis of Interpersonal Violence

II. Course Description: This course is designed for investigative law enforcement personnel who have the responsibility of investigating violent crime.  It involves the psychological analysis of all types of violent scenes, i.e. sexual assault and homicide.  Different mental illness is studied along with the violent scenes associated with their maladies.  Interview techniques and strategies are discussed.

III. Target Population: This course is designed for investigative personnel who have the responsibility of investigating violent crime.

IV. Course Objectives

  1. To introduce the student to the fundamentals of Criminal Investigative Analysis.
  2. To psychologically analyze body positions and target areas on victims.
  3. To study the different types of psychosis and their crime scenes.
  4. To study the Paranoiac and their scenes to include the political assassin, the mass murderer and work place violence.
  5. To discuss the disorganized crime scene.
  6. To study the Personality Disorders encountered mostly by law enforcement, i.e. obsessive compulsive, inadequate, and anti-social (psychopath).
  7. Develop interview strategies for all of the above.
  8. Discuss and analyze the organized and mixed crime scene.

V. Resource Materials

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders:  (DSM-IV)

Sexual Homicide Patterns and Motives:
by Robert Ressler, Ann Burgess, John E. Douglas

Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation. A Multidisciplinary Approach:
by Robert Hazelwood and Ann Burgess

Numerous FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin publications, and notes will be furnished.

 

COURSE outline

 
I. Introduction to Investigative Criminal Analysis
  • Objective
  • Suitability
  • Criteria
  • Victimology
  • Body Position
  • Ego Defense Mechanisms
  • Wound Analysis
  • Target Areas
  • Sexual Assault
  • Rape Analysis
II. Psychosis
 
  • Schizophrenia
    * Undifferentiated
    * Catatonic
    * Residual
    * Paranoid
  • Bi-Polar (Manic Depressive)
  • Paranoiac
    * Political Assassin
    * Workplace Violence
    * Mass Murder
III. Personality Disorders
  • Histrionic
  • Narcissistic
  • Schizoid
  • Inadequate
  • Anti-Social (Psychopath)
  • Obsessive Compulsive
    * Exhibitionism
    * Voyeurism
    * Fetishism
    * Kleptomania
IV. Interview Strategies
V. O.J. Simpson Case