Sexual Deviant Killers

***NEW MATERIAL TO BE PRESENTED***MEETS IL MANDATES: Crisis Intervention (4 hrs.); Human Rights (4 hrs.); Procedural Justice (4 hrs.); LEAD HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR (16 HOURS)Course Description:This two-day course offers wide-ranging examination into the minds of convicted murderers and violent sex offenders whose primary motive is sex-related and who predominantly target women and children. The instructor is an author, Doctor of Psychology and served in various capacities as a consultant, utilized on task forces, including but not limited to bizarre sex crimes, cold case sexual assaults and high-profile serial homicides. Dr. Simon�s post-secondary educational background and credentials, hands-on investigative research and years of practice trudging through the dark minds of the most unusual, violent, and deranged individuals makes this course unique. Specifically, this course emphasizes the psychology behind the crime while analyzing and interpreting true accounts and the disturbing viewpoints and motives of some of the most dangerous men behind bars, including inmates on death row. The instructor Dr. Simon probes the evolution and unsettling features of violent deviant pathology providing forethought and credible warning signs that include elusive topics such as necrophilia, cannibalism, criminal sexual sadism, war rape, voyeurism, bestiality, and serial lust murder. Throughout the course Dr. Simon makes use of numerous case samples, while incorporating various crime scene photos that depict multifarious features of sexual deviant pathology. Psychosocial histories and backgrounds of perpetrators will be presented and analyzed. The goal is to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the overall mindset, fantasy facilitators examining the killers� signature, violent sex offender behaviors and etiologies will be studied with the goal of identifying warning signs, interviewing suspects, increasing effectiveness in search warrants and greater case preparation from inception to case closure. Although, extremely informative, due to its explicit nature this course is not intended for everyone and is primarily designed for those working in law enforcement, corrections, probation and parole that provides a glance into the darkest corners of humanity.