2021-2022 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
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CJ 276 Empirical Profiling (5 credits)



Prerequisite A grade of 2.0 or greater in CJ 270  and CJ 274 , or instructor permission.

Course Description
Psychological principles upon which offender profiling is based will be further explored, including classification of crime scene behavior, behavioral change, and behavioral consistency; application of empirical profiling.

Student Outcomes
1. Identify legal and societal issues relating to empirical profiling.
2. Develop and deliver empirically-based profiles.
3. Interpret the psychological behavior at a crime scene.
4. Classify crime scene behaviors, behavioral changes, and behavioral consistency.
5. Identify the Action to Characteristic equation.
6. Identify, articulate, and apply crime linkage techniques.



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