CourseDescription

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"Who Killed King Tut?"
A 2 or 3 hour presentation, great for keynote conference addresses or an escape from the doldrums of conference attendance, as two former profilers present their investigation into the mysterious death of King Tut, the young Egyptian Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. Can modern investigative and forensic technologies assist in solving a murder that occurred over 3,300 years ago? The presenters will share clips from their Discovery Channel investigation of “The Assassination of King Tut,” and the experiences they had as they solved this classic “who-dunnit?” More importantly, the presenters will show in a fast paced way how the systematic application of forensics, eye-witness accounts, confession, circumstantial evidence and behavior can be used to more effectively and efficiently solve crime. Time, once thought of as the enemy to criminal investigations may become the investigators ally.

“Applying Criminal Behavior to Analytical Functions”
Criminal Investigative Analysis, often referred to as “criminal profiling” has long been an art and science confined to the halls of the FBI’s Behavioral Science program. Now, former profilers have joined forces with a law enforcement technology leader to bring the profiling process to police and sheriff’s agencies of any size. Workshop attendees will see the program function, gain an understanding of its use, effectiveness and ease of operation and see how a leading vendor is managing the processes that are now available to law enforcement. The software program is designed to offer, “on-the-fly” protocols and techniques that can be easily and quickly customized by the investigating agency to adhere to procedures currently in-place. In addition, agencies using the program can choose between the “in-progress learning mode” or choose traditional case input formats. The finished product provides more complete rape, sexual assault, homicide, arson and violent crimes investigations and includes strategies for interviewing and interrogating based on the behaviors disclosed in the investigation.

“Communication, Cooperation and Coordination”
Communication, cooperation and coordination have long been recognized as the “Three C’s” of successful investigative outcomes. This session will explore how a leading vendor is bridging the gap that can exist between law enforcement agencies, investigative needs, procedures, information technology expectations and the realities of their co-existence. By merging technology and investigative protocols, law enforcement agencies are better equipped to face the demands of high tech crimes, multiple platform approaches and limited resources. This presentation includes suggestions for the formation of short-term, multi disciplinary task forces that are developed for investigative, evaluative or administrative resolutions.

“Getting Crime Analysis Out of the Office and Onto the Street”
It’s 2:00 a.m. and a violent felony has just occurred. How do we get necessary historical information to those who need it, when they need it? In most agencies, when this occurs, the agency’s crime analyst is probably comfortably sleeping the night away, yet patrol officers and scene detectives need information now. The circumstances of the case may suggest that the responding officer needs an overview of similar crimes that have occurred in the previous 30 days time-frame, or perhaps the case detective needs to see where all the registered sex offenders reside in the neighborhood where a rape occurs. This session will explore some techniques and technologies that can provide the officer onsite solutions to more effective and efficient data collection and solutions and include a presentation of some of the analytical processes that can be available through the mobile environment.

"The Ten Filters of Criminal Profiling"
The profiling process is similar to the dentist’s approach in diagnosing a patient’s condition accurately before prescribing the cure. Another analogy is akin to a gold miner who is panning for gold. The prospector patiently probes while sifting through granulate debris to separate the dross. Finally rewarded, the refuse is discarded, leaving only the valuable yellow metal. Like the prospector, the investigator purges the least valuable data through a filtering process while unearthing the gold nuggets of truth. This approach allows the examiner to focus by “process of elimination” on the most probable (or informative material) rather than the least possible (and distracting) data. The end result is to lead the investigation instead of reacting to it. This training will focus on each of the Ten Filters of Profiling and will include discussion on the Victim Risk Continuum, including the factors in assessing the victim’s risk level based on circumstances, situation and environment.

"Rapist Typologies"
Rapist Typology and the techniques we’ve developed to investigate, profile, capture and interrogate this type of offender. In addition, we can show some software we’ve developed that will assist in the process. The training includes video of our interviews with serial sexual predators who share their techniques of victim selection, control and avoidance of detection. (3 or 4 hour course)

“21st Century Terrorism, A Law Enforcement Approach”

The goal of the training program is to prepare the Investigator, Investigative Supervisor and first responder from the initial response to a Terror event through Major Case Investigation and follow-up. The course will be directed as a multi agency approach to a major investigation, specifically Terrorist and the Global Jihad. Several areas will be addressed; each area by it self is an area of expertise requiring detailed individual course instruction. In addition, the course will include and intense overview of Terrorist behavior and the understanding of that behavior as it relates to the traditional forms of evidence collection for successful Case Management.

This course is intended for various experience investigators, evidence technicians, supervisors, and prosecution attorneys. It also has great value to the patrol officer and new recruit. The intent of the trainers is to bridge the learning gap obtained throughout a law enforcement career in the area of evaluating criminal events and help the less experienced officer/investigator to avoid many of the mistakes and pitfalls experienced by veteran officers as they progress in their individual careers.

The course will be an extensive study of terrorism and tactics used by a class study and review of the Al-Qaeda Jihad training manual.

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Sexual Assault Investigations and Rape Typology
LAW ENFORCEMENT

The goal of the training program is to prepare the investigator and investigative supervisor to conduct and manage a sexual assault or series of assault investigation(s) from initial response through needed follow-up.

The course will be directed at an individual or multi agency approach and will include an intense overview of criminal behavior and the understanding of behavior as it relates to the traditional forms of evidence, i.e., forensic, circumstantial, eyewitness and confession.

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Death Scene Analysis and Cold Case Investigation
LAW ENFORCEMENT

The goal of the training program is to prepare the investigator and investigative supervisor to conduct and manage a major case investigation from initial response through needed follow-up.

The course will be directed at an individual and/or multi agency approach to a major investigation, specifically homicide/death investigations. The course will include an intense overview of criminal behavior and the understanding of behavior as it relates to the traditional forms of evidence, i.e., forensic, circumstantial, eyewitness and confession.

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Criminal Investigative Analysis and Geographic Profiling
LAW ENFORCEMENT

The goals are similar with specific emphasis on utilizing geographic and behavioral profiling with data analysis utilizing common office computer programs diminishing the need for expensive crime analysis programs.

The course will be directed at an individual and/or multi agency approach to a major investigation, specifically crimes against persons investigations. Several areas will be addressed; each area by itself is an area of expertise requiring detailed individual course instruction.

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Criminal Investigative Analysis
A Behavioral Perspective of Investigation, Prosecution, and Diagnosis
Since the movie Silence of the Lambs brought public attention to the art of "profiling" criminals, it has been the hot topic in detective divisions and criminal prosecuting circles all over the world. Criminal Investigative Analysis and Profiling goes beyond mere facts to help understand why violent crime happens; it strives to understand the type of person who committed the crime. This leading edge technology, once the domain of a handful of experts, is now available to you from iois.net. With Criminal Profiling, you learn to analyze the specific behaviors unique to the criminal and their personality, allowing you to narrow the list of possible offenders to a much smaller list of probable ones. With an accurate profile, investigators can lead an investigation instead of following it. This method increases the success, quality, and speed of the criminal justice system from the crime scene to the courtroom.

Criminal Investigative Analysis is a highly acclaimed workshop designed to teach law enforcement and public safety professionals, lawyers, social workers, psychologists, and victim advocates how to apply the principles of profiling to identifying, tracking, apprehending, and prosecuting violent criminals. Based on real cases and presented by senior iois.net instructors, this workshop is consistently referred to by participants as a milestone event in their careers. Understanding investigative theory is helpful, but practical application is the key to understanding how it works. This workshop focuses on case studies and the application of profiling principles in various situations. (One, Two, Three or Four Day Workshop)

Prescriptive Interview and Interrogation
A (3) three-day customized course, primarily focused on Prescriptive Interview and Interrogation methods. This course will be specifically defined for law enforcement investigators, and prosecutorial agents. Course topics will deal with prescriptive investigatory interviewing techniques of victims and witnesses and unique interrogation methods of suspected criminals, etc. Topics that participants can be expected to learn and later master:

Distinguish between interview and interrogation.
Define and understand the difference between prescriptive interviewing and traditional forms.
Identify the elements in the interpersonal communication model from both victim and offender perspective.
Identify the elements of the interpersonal violence model from both victim and offender perspectives.
Identify the elements of the behavioral model from both victim and offender perspective.
Will understand the elements of a personality assessment for both victim and offender and relationship to the prescriptive interview.
Will be able to conduct a personality assessment and develop a prescriptive interviewing approach for victim and offender.
Understand victim’s perspective on personal violation from a criminal act.
Understand the psychodynamics of being a victim of a crime.
Understand the emotional perspective from both the victim and offender regarding crimes of violence.
Preparing for the interview.
Treatment of victims.
Treatment of offender.
Define and understand profiles of distinctive personality / types of offender motivations.
Define, construct and apply the behavioral analysis interview.
Understand the principles of the behavior analysis interview and its relationship to prescriptive interviewing.
The interrogation room.
Opening an interrogation.
Taking statements.
Video taping of statements.
Taking the confession.
Learn by doing!
Multidisciplinary approach: TEAM!

Death Scene Investigation
One of the fundamental problems with homicide investigation today is the lack of standardized investigation protocol. Even recently, a number of homicide cases became highly publicized when investigators made crucial errors gathering and preserving evidence, analyzing crime scenes, and following investigation protocol. These instances not only give the departments involved poor reputations, but more importantly, they allow defense attorneys to find technical loopholes that set murderers free. Homicide investigation techniques can vary greatly from precinct to precinct and from department to department. In fact, many of the best homicide detectives learned what they know from years of experience, not training. This helps to explain the lack of standardization with regards to homicide investigation. iois.net's Death Scene Investigation workshop teaches participants a systematic, proven investigation protocol that has been tested on thousands of cases. In short, it will reduce liability and increase solution rates.

Death Scene Investigation is designed to teach law enforcement professionals, security officers, and lawyers how to apply the principles of death investigation in identifying, tracking, apprehending, and prosecuting violent criminals. Participants will learn how to investigate a homicide starting with the discovery of the body until the case goes to trial. Taught by iois.net's award winning faculty, this workshop uses real case studies and teaches the participant practical as well as theoretical application. (One, Two, Three or Four Day Workshop)

Sexual Assault Investigation
Rape and sexual assault are all too common in our uncertain world of unpredictable violence. To be able to increase the probability of prosecuting sexual assault offenders, a thorough and proactive investigation is necessary. iois.net's Sexual Assault Investigation provides participants with an extensive and innovative investigative protocol for sexual assault cases. It includes rape typologies for profiling purposes, effective prescriptive interviewing techniques for both victim and offender, and new ideas for gathering consistent, thorough information about the offender.

Sexual Assault Investigation is an intensive workshop designed to teach law enforcement and public safety professionals, lawyers, social workers and psychologists how to utilize new techniques and information in their investigation to successfully identify, apprehend and prosecute violent sexual offenders. This workshop will enhance the participant's skills throughout the course of investigation, including profiling techniques (typologies), interview/interrogation techniques for both the victim and the offender, focusing on behavioral evidence to improve the understanding of the thought process of the offender, linking cases, and improving the preparation of prosecutive strategy. Based on real cases and presented by senior iois.net instructors, this workshop has been the key to unlocking the mystery of difficult sexual assault investigations by many participants. Practical application is the key to understanding the principles and process, and this workshop focuses on actual case studies and applying the investigative techniques to various situations. (One, Two, Three or Four Day Workshop)

Threat Assessment
Threat Assessment is the process of evaluating the potential risk level of dangerous behavior posed by persons who may commit violence against innocent victims. The purpose of Threat Assessment is to identify, evaluate, and manage persons who might pose a threat; while the goal of these activities is to prevent, through appropriate intervention, anticipated victimization.

Threat Assessment is a thought-provoking workshop designed to teach law enforcement and public safety professionals, social workers, psychologists, and especially at-risk corporations a systematic approach to identifying specific behavioral traits, characteristics, and patterns to formulate a hypothesis for predicting certain anti-social behaviors. Based on real cases and presented by iois.net instructors, participants often call this workshop "the antidote" they needed to intervene and prevent the acting out of violent tendencies. The course objective of this program is to provide insight into the basic principles of threat assessment and its application in identifying characteristics of individuals who may pose a threat to others. (One or Two Day Workshop)

Violence in the Workplace
Each year, over two million employees will become victims of crime while they are at work. Workplace violence is the number one growing homicide in the United States, is the most important security threat to America’s largest corporations, and has cost employers over 40 billion dollars in cash, services and products. This problem is not an isolated problem only among certain companies, professions or groups; no one is exempt.

The purpose of this workshop is to help employers and employees understand characteristics of violence, enact preventive measures, and be able to respond effectively to acts of violence when they occur. The value of the workshop comes to employers, employees and customers by making the workplace a safer place to be, minimizing the cost of violence to the company, reducing liability, and creating a more productive environment for everyone. This workshop has been developed to address concerns facing management and individual employees. The workshop can be customized according to the audience and/or needs of the corporation. (One Day Workshop)

Mental Illness: Signs, Symptoms and Interventions
A psychotic woman burst into an office building housing a major television studio and fired a gun indiscriminately at personnel as she moved from floor to floor, spreading injury and death. A moody, somber elderly man strode unobtrusively into a major religious library and began firing his gun at patrons and staff. Soon three people were dead, including the perpetrator. In an eastern U.S. city, a man with a known history of schizophrenia abducted a young woman, killing four adults and wounding a two-year-old boy on the way. After leading police on a weeklong manhunt, he took his abductee's parents and brother hostage for days until the hostages escaped and the man was shot.

The mentally ill appear to be responsible for increasing numbers of the more shocking crimes and increasingly cause problems for police officers. Cases of mismanagement of the mentally ill by police are increasingly being decried by the media, politicians and society at large.

This workshop is uniquely presented by the team of a psychiatrist and a police officer who have training and experience in assessing and managing the mentally ill. It will be of particular value to front-line police officers, crisis response workers, EMT's, ambulance personnel and administrators. Participants will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of the most common and serious mental illnesses, as well as differing management needs and the illnesses' differing potentials of danger. Participants will acquire the tools to maximize their compassionate and therapeutic handling of these subjects while minimizing their danger to public servants and the community. Participants will also learn to recognize the various classes of psychiatric medications in order to anticipate and alleviate potentially violent reactions of the mentally ill.