PUBLIC AGENCY TRAINING COUNCIL'S

DEATH AND HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS

 

This course will focus on the historical perspective of violent crime analysis and the importance of applying a criminal investigative assessment process to violent crime investigations.  Topics include, but not limited to.

• Criminal Investigative Assessment Process (Historical Perspective and Application to Violent Crime
• Assessing Reflective Behaviors in Crime Scenes
• Sexual Deviancy – A Laypersons Understanding of the Role it Play in Crime Analysis
• Offender Dichotomies
• The Role of Fantasy in Violent Crimes
• Offender Typologies
• Equivocal Death Investigations
• Paralogical Reasoning System
• Case Exercises
• Self-Inflicted Deaths
• Investigating Defined Murders
• Blood as Evidence
• Ballistic Evidence

INSTRUCTOR

Wayne Sheppard assists local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in areas such as violent crime analysis, case consultations and investigative assistance as requested by law enforcement in the United States and abroad.  He is an international lecturer on behavioral crime scene assessments and murder and rape typologies and has conducted research in the areas of serial homicide and child homicides.  Mr. Sheppard is a retired member of the Pennsylvania State Police where he held several investigative and supervisory positions.  Prior to his retirement, he was the supervisor of the Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit, where he was responsible for the investigation and coordination of psychosexual homicide, serial rape, and other behaviorally based crimes occurring in Pennsylvania.  He is the past Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Homicide Investigators Association.

Date and Time: MAY 23-27, 2022

Prerequisite: NONE

Instructor(s): PUBLIC AGENCY TRAINING COUNCIL

MN POST Board Credits: IF PUBLIC AGENCY TRAINING COUNCIL APPLIES FOR THEM

Tuition: $750.00

Required Equipment: NONE

 

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