40 hr. Sex Crime Investigations-Champaign

Co-Sponsored with East Central Illinois Police Training Project/ MTU#12

COURSE CONTENT: This course has been developed to enhance the skills, knowledge, and abilities of the first responder as well as the criminal investigator. The curriculum has specific investigative skill based instruction designed to build on prior training and experience. The overview of sex-related crimes, sex offenders, and sexual perversions are presented from an investigative perspective. Instructional personnel, with extensive field experience in the investigation of sex-related crimes, deliver this professional development program in a manner designed to enhance an investigator’s analytical skills, along with their investigative skills and techniques.

Participants will have an understanding of the skills, knowledge, and abilities associated with the utilization of criminal profiling techniques during the investigation, prosecution, incarceration, and monitoring of sex crime parolees.

The course contains very practical information intended to aid police personnel in rendering successful resolution of criminal investigations of a sexual nature.  Due to the varied course content, it is suitable for patrol personnel, newly appointed investigators as well as experienced investigators.

Disclaimer:  This course is delivered with graphic descriptions, language and discussion. Photographs, videos, interactive instruction, and actual case studies may be used to illustrate and support the topics presented during this course. Course content is developed from actual cases involving perpetrators who have been prosecuted for the crimes being discussed. The psychological and cultural worlds within which these individuals operate are openly presented.

Topics

·         Myths and Stereotyping of Sexual Assault Cases

·         Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sexual Assault Investigations

·         Rape Trauma Syndrome & Emotional First Aid

·         Initial Response

·         The Man Behind the Mask Case Study Part I

·         Physical Evidence

·         Interviewing and Interrogation

·         Pattern Identification, Investigation & Response

·         The Man Behind the Mask Case Study Part II

·         Stress Management for Sexual Assault Investigators

·         Mobile Phone, Social Media and Digital Photograph Exploitation

·         Special Investigative Challenges: Alleged Assault Within Institutions

·         Criminal Profiling Techniques for Sex Crimes Investigators

·         The Reliability of Eyewitness Identifications

·         False Allegations of Rape

·         The Assessment of Verbal and Written Statements to Determine Deception

·         Analysis of Six Rape Victim Statements to Determine Deception and Case Linkage

·         Case Study: “Lethal Shadow: A True Crime Story of a Sadistic Serial Rapist & Killer”

REGISTRATION:

The SPI website shows the class is full, so register for the wait list. No one on the current wait list is available and you will likely be accepted into the class. The registrar will recheck the website requests on Monday morning 9-11-17.

First Register Online at: www.louisville.edu/spi

Second- During Kentucky business hours, you may call the registrar and receive immediate notice of acceptance (502-852-6561).

1-     MTU1 registrations must be made through the SPI website.

2-     After a successful registration,  MTU1 should be forwarded the SPI invoice. All other arrangements are the responsibility of the agency

THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC MEETING