Post by micah on Jun 28, 2010 2:35:03 GMT -5
OK, not strictly horror related, but still pretty damn cool. The Academy of Behavioral Profiling is having it's annual conference within driving distance. From the e-mail I received:
"The 11th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Behavioral Profiling (ABP) will be hosted this year by Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio on August 7th & 8th, 2010. Open to the public, thee meeting is a conference where members present papers regarding current cases and research, followed by a two day Criminal Profiling Workshop (Aug. 9-10, 2010).
Since its inception in 1999, the ABP has grown to almost 200 international members with diverse student and professional backgrounds. This includes forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry, criminal investigations, criminology, and forensic science. The membership is unified by their forensic work, teaching and scholarly research related to crime, criminals, and forensic examinations.
The schedule of presentations at this years meeting, which is open to the public, includes lectures on the subjects of criminal profiling, behavioral analysis, investigative strategy, crime reconstruction, false confessions, serial rape, sexual homicide, and victimology."
Brent Turvey who literally wrote the textbook on Criminal Profiling is one of the head presenters. He's a bit of a controversial figure as his theory is that the way the FBI BSU profiles is exactly backwards. He can be a little rough around the edges on-line but is pretty cool in person.
Anyway, if you are interested, the information about the conference is at criminalprofiling3.blogspot.com/2010/06/abp-conference-profiling-workshop-2010.html and the seminar www.forensic-science.com/seminar_2010.html.
Keep in mind, this is not a convention like MCCC but a professional conference. Expect button down suits not costumes
"The 11th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Behavioral Profiling (ABP) will be hosted this year by Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio on August 7th & 8th, 2010. Open to the public, thee meeting is a conference where members present papers regarding current cases and research, followed by a two day Criminal Profiling Workshop (Aug. 9-10, 2010).
Since its inception in 1999, the ABP has grown to almost 200 international members with diverse student and professional backgrounds. This includes forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry, criminal investigations, criminology, and forensic science. The membership is unified by their forensic work, teaching and scholarly research related to crime, criminals, and forensic examinations.
The schedule of presentations at this years meeting, which is open to the public, includes lectures on the subjects of criminal profiling, behavioral analysis, investigative strategy, crime reconstruction, false confessions, serial rape, sexual homicide, and victimology."
Brent Turvey who literally wrote the textbook on Criminal Profiling is one of the head presenters. He's a bit of a controversial figure as his theory is that the way the FBI BSU profiles is exactly backwards. He can be a little rough around the edges on-line but is pretty cool in person.
Anyway, if you are interested, the information about the conference is at criminalprofiling3.blogspot.com/2010/06/abp-conference-profiling-workshop-2010.html and the seminar www.forensic-science.com/seminar_2010.html.
Keep in mind, this is not a convention like MCCC but a professional conference. Expect button down suits not costumes
). The classes are well planned and the instructors very approachable, even after the class is over. Their current on-line schedule is located here: