Robson Forensic

Robson Forensic
Engineers, Architects, Scientists & Fire Investigators
ERIC W. HICKEY, PH.D.
Criminal Psychologist
Experienced in social, psychological and behavioral analysis of violent crimes including
homicides, sex crimes and paraphilia, domestic violence, stalking, school violence, arson,
robberies and burglaries. Also provide consulting in areas of crime scene investigation,
victimization, jury selection, threat assessment and risk management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 to
present
Robson Forensic, Inc.
Associate
Provide technical investigations such as crime scene analysis, case analysis, reports,
and testimony toward the resolution of personal injury litigation, criminal defense,
and criminal prosecution cases.
2006 to
present
Alliant International University
Dean, California School of Forensic Studies
A Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accredited graduate and
undergraduate university. Provide training in the professional application of forensic
psychology, applied criminology and criminal justice. Provide training and consulting
in the following specific areas:
Criminal Psychology
Single & Multiple Homicide
Criminal Personalities
Juvenile Crimes
Crime Scene Investigations
1985 to
present
Sex Crimes & Paraphilia
Victimology
Domestic Violence
Female Criminality
Arson & Juv. Fire-setting
Serial Crimes
Profiling Sexual Predators
Jury Selection
School & Workplace
Violence Prevention
Independent crime consultant
Private, public and government entities including Pease Officer Service and Training
(P.O.S.T.) and Continuing Education Units (CEU) certifications.
Other professional experience includes: Psychiatric Technician in a Forensic Unit 1978-81;
Correctional Officer, 1976; Retail Security Officer 1974-75.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Social Psychology - Major Specialty Areas: Crime and
Deviance; Minor Specialty Area: Medical Sociology; Brigham Young University,
Provo, Utah, 1985
Master of Arts, Sociology - Emphasis in Deviance and Corrections, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1982
Bachelor of Science: Criminal Justice Administration; French minor, Brigham Young
University, Provo, Utah, 1975
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ERIC W. HICKEY, PH.D.
Criminal Psychologist
Specialized Training:
Threat Management Seminars, hosted by the Los Angeles Police Department.
PROFESSIONAL and ACADEMIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Society of Forensic Interviewers
American Psychological Association
Italian Investigative Psychology Association
Forensic Mental Health Association of California
American Society of Criminology
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
SAMPLE AREAS OF CONSULTING
• American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS) providing seminars
covering a variety of topics related to forensic mental health and behavioral assessment
• Court qualified expert in paraphilia including pedophilia, child molestation, child sexual
abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS); fetishes; stalking; adult rape and sexual
assault; drug facilitated sexual assault (DFSA); violent criminal behavior including
robbery, burglary and homicide (solo and serial)
• Child Abuse Review Team (CART)/Sex Crime Investigators Member Hanford Parole
Office, Hanford, California. I provide training for sex crimes investigators and evaluate
registered sex offenders on parole for dangerousness and risk of recidivism
• Indiana Serial Murder Cold Case Task Force Member
• Law Enforcement & Private Agencies: cold case investigations involving homicides,
missing persons and sexual assaults
• Federal Bureau of Investigation Threat Assessment Regional Evaluation Team Member
(T.A.R.G.E.T,): A multi-disciplinary approach to threat assessment and risk management
on college and university campuses
• Fresno, Madera and Tulare County District Attorney Offices involving cases of sexual
assault, child molestation, stalking, homicide and other serial or violent crimes
• Federal and County Public Defenders Offices involving cases of sexual assault, child
molestation, stalking, homicide and other serial or violent crimes
• The Fresno County Fire Department: Juvenile Fire-Setter Program 1995-present
• Picore & Associates: an international threat management and counter-terrorism agency
• California Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) 2004-present
• Law Enforcement: training seminars in serial crime and criminal personalities
• Jury Selection Consultant
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BOARD SERVICE
• Board Member: Family Healing Center, Fresno, California (forensic interviewing), nonprofit agency, 2014
• Editorial Board, National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (NaBITA).
Pennsylvania, Current (Threat Assessment)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Criminal Psychology, Emerald Group Publishing, United
Kingdom, 2012-present
• Board Member, Project Meridian Foundation, Inc., (Human Trafficking) Richmond,
VA, www.projectmeridianfoundation.org
• Board Member, International Support and Collaboration Committee of the International
Academy of Investigative Psychology, England, 2009-present
• Board Chair, Institute for Violence, Abuse & Trauma (IVAT), Alliant International
University, San Diego, California, 2008-2009
• Executive Director, Sex Crimes and Paraphilia Institute (SCPI), Alliant International
University, San Diego, California, 2007-present
• Board Member, Institute for Behavioral Analysis and Research (IBAR), Alliant
International University, San Francisco, California, 2007-2010
• Board Chair, Global Traumatology, Griffin, Georgia, 2007-2008
• The Forensic Panel Depravity Standard Advisory Board. Initiated in 1998, the
Depravity Scale research project involves a series of protocols designed to create a
standardized methodology for distinguishing the worst of crimes in any given legal case.
The project is headed by Dr. Michael Welner, a distinguished forensic psychiatrist and
includes several noted legal, forensic and academic scholars, 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Books
• Serial Murderers and Their Victims, 6th Edition, Thomson/Wadsworth-Cengage
Publishing Company (ITP), Belmont, California. (2013). 482 pgs.
• The Myth of A Psychiatric Crime Wave: Public Perception, Juror Research and
Mental Illness, Corey Vitello, co-author. Carolina Academic Press, Durham, North
Carolina, (2006). 250 pgs.
• Sex Crimes and Paraphilia. Editor, Prentice-Hall Publisher, Upper Saddle River, New
Jersey. (2006). 550 pgs.
• Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime, Editor, Sage Publishers, Thousand Oaks,
CA. (2003) 550 pgs.
• Controversial Issues in Criminology, Allyn and Bacon Publishers, Boston, MA, Coeditor: Dr. John Fuller. (1999). 256 pgs.
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Book Chapters
• “Cultural Development of Monsters, Demons, and Evil” in Violence and Society: A
reader, edited by Matthew Silberman, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishers,
2003.
• “An Interview With A Serial Murderer” in In Their Own Words: Criminals On
Crime, edited by Paul Cromwell, Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishers, 2002.
• “Female Serial Murderesses: Constructing Differentiating Typologies,” in Elliot
Leyton’s (ed.) Serial Murder. Ashgate Publishing. Co-authored with Ronald M. Holmes
and Stephen Holmes, 1999.
• “Trauma-Control Model in Serial Murder” in Criminology in the 1990s, edited by
Conklin, John, New York: Allyn & Bacon Publishers, 1996.
• “Victimization Prevention: A Review of Missing and Murdered Children” in
Helping Crime Victims: A National Survey, Albert R. Roberts editor, Newbury Park,
CA: Sage Publishers, 1990.
• “The Etiology of Victimization in Serial Murder: an Historical and Demographic
Analysis,” in Serial Murder: An Elusive Phenomenon, Steven Egger, New York: Praeger
Publishers, 1990.
Articles
• “Serial Murder,” The Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Second Edition, Elsevier Inc.
Publishers. June 2012.
• “Serial Murder,” The Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention, Sage
Publishers: Thousand Oaks, Spring 2010.
• “The Beltway Snipers,” in E.W. Hickey (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent
Crime. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Pp. 54-58.
• “The Role of Psychology in Juvenile Fire-setting,” Bay Area Adjuster’s Almanac, Fall
1997.
• “Female Serial Murderesses: Constructing Differentiating Typologies,”
Contemporary Journal of Criminal Justice, vol.7, No.4, December, 1991. PP. 245-256.
Co-authored with Ronald M. Holmes.
• “Dealing With Juvenile Delinquency: The Re-education of the Delinquent in the
People's Republic of China,” Co-authors, John D. Hewitt and Robert M. Regoli, pp. 6781, in Official Responses to Problem Juveniles: Some International Reflections, edited by
Jim Hackler, published by the Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law,
Spain, 1991.
• “The Female Serial Murderer, 1800-1986,” Journal of Police and Criminal
Psychology, Vol. 2, No. 2, October, 1986, pp. 72-81.
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Other Publications
• Personality Characteristics and Behavior of Violent Criminals. A manual developed
for California P.O.S.T. Homicide Investigation courses. Sacramento, CA January, 2005.
Co- author: Gary Lowe, LCSW.
• Instructors Manual and Test Bank (345 pg.) for Senna and Siegel's Introduction to
Criminal Justice, 5th edition, West Publishing Company, Jan.1990.
ARTICLE & BOOK REVIEWER
Review book and article manuscripts for several academic and trade publishers:
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology
American Journal of Criminal Justice
American Sociological Review
Journal of Humanity and Society
Western Criminology Review
University of Chicago Press
Homicide Studies (Sage Press)
McGraw-Hill Publishers
Brooks-Cole Publishers
Random House
Dorsey Press
Palgrave-Macmillan Publishers
Prentice-Hall Publishers
Wadsworth-Cengage Publishers
Pennsylvania State University Press
FUNDED GRANTS
• In partnership with VALOR, a private Victim-Witness Assistance program organization
based in Washington, D.C., and our Victim's Certificate Program at California State
University-Fresno, we were awarded a $125,000. Department of Justice grant to establish
the first National Victim Assistance Training Academy in Washington, D.C. in August,
1995. This program provides advanced training to coordinators of victim-witness and
victim advocacy programs throughout the United States. Funding has continued for the
Academy every year since 1995.
• Undergraduate Fellowship Grant. Awarded by the Honors College at Ball State. I
worked with students designing and implementing a research project involving the study
of violent behavior. 1989-90.
• Ball State University Summer Research Grant. June, 1989.
• Ball State University Research Grant. To assist in completion of research in the
empirical analysis of serial murderers and their victims. June, 1988.
PEER GRANT REVIEWER
• American Psychology - Law Society (AP-LS) Early Career Psychologists Grant-in-Aid
External Reviewer, 2011, 2012.
• Office of Research and Evaluation, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C., February 2001.
SPECIAL HONORS
• Keynote Speaker at the International Association of Investigative Psychology
Seminar (Sponsored by the California School of Forensic Studies, Alliant International
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University). “Futures in Forensics and Other Elephant Stories,” San Francisco, CA,
September 2011.
• Guest Speaker for Project Meridian. Topic: From Sex Trade to Human Trafficking to
Organized Crime: Reframing Slavery, Human Trafficking Engagement Day, State
Capitol, Olympia, Washington, January 11, 2010.
• Guest Speaker at the Outstanding Professor Lecture Series, Alliant International
University, San Francisco, California Topic: Profiling Paraphiliacs: The Reality of
Fantasy in Violent Sexual Predators, 2007.
• Keynote Speaker at the Center for Forensic Studies Annual Research Conference,
February 02-03, 2007. Alliant International University, Fresno, CA campus.
• Participant in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Serial Murder Core Work Group,
developing a 2006 international seminar on serial murder, Virginia, Nov. 2005.
• Guest Speaker: Wadsworth Publishers Criminal Justice Online Event Series. Topic:
Development of Maladaptive Behaviors in Childhood: The Variant Pathways of Serial
Killers, February 24, 2005.
• Guest Speaker: CSU-Fresno’s School of Social Science faculty and invited members of
the community, Topic: Emerging Issues in the Research of Violent Crime, April 2002.
• Guest Speaker: Board of Trustees and Chancellors Office, California State University
system, Long Beach, CA, Sept 11, 1996. Topic: “The Application of Criminal
Psychology in Our Community: Profiling and Tracking the Unabomber.”
• Guest Speaker: Barnes and Noble Bookstores, Fresno and San Francisco, 1996. Topic:
“Using Criminal Science in Conducting Serial Murder Research.”
SELECTED PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
• “Understanding Relational Paraphilic Attachment (RPA) in Crime Scene
Investigation,” Annual Meeting of International Society-Investigative Psychology (ISIP), Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2011.
• “Behavioral Analysis of Sexual Predators,” Eastern Illinois University, Illinois, Oct.
2008.
• “The Father Figure: Men for All Seasons,” 5th Annual Hawaii Conference on
Preventing, Assessing and Treating Child, Adolescent and Adult Trauma, Honolulu,
Hawaii. April 7, 2008.
• “Stalking Behaviors and Threat Assessment for Intimate Partner Violence
Situations” 5th Annual Hawaii Conference on Preventing, Assessing and Treating Child,
Adolescent and Adult Trauma, Honolulu, Hawaii. April 2-4, 2008.
• “Profiling Victims of Serial Sexual Predators” Third American Symposium on
Victimology, California State University, Fresno, CA, April 28, 2005.
• “Profilers & Serial Murder” Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, March 2004.
• “Problems in Profiling Offenders” American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Nov.
2002.
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“Classifying Sexual Predators,” State Univ. of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, April
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“Psychopathic Killers,” Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, April 10, 2001.
“Emerging Perspectives on Violent Serial Behavior” Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Washington, D.C. April 3-7, 2001.
FORMER CONSULTANT
• Institute of Criminal Profiling and Analysis, (IPACC), Paris, France, 2004-2005.
• Police Promotion Board, Fresno Police Department, 2003.
• Minors With Dangerous Traits Task Force, Office of the District Attorney, Juvenile
Division, Fresno County, CA. 2001.
• Crime Victims with Disabilities, California Department of Mental Health. (Speakers
Bureau). 2001.
• Department of Justice: National Institute of Justice Peer Reviewer. 2001.
• Department of Justice: FBI-ATF-PS UNABOM Task Force.
• Consultant for the United States District Attorney's Office, Baltimore, Maryland. Spring
1998-1999.
• Board of Governors. The Violence Immunization Program. Based at Valley Children’s
Hospital. Fresno, CA, 1998-1999.
• The Fresno County Domestic Violence Core Planning Committee.
• The Fresno Grand Jury.
• California Association of Arson Investigators.
CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL TRAINER
• CSU-San Bernardino. Campus Violence: Understanding Realities of Threat Assessment
and Risk Management. San Bernardino, CA. May 16, 2012.
• California Sexual Assault Investigators Association. Sexual Predators and Their
Relational Paraphilic Attachments, Shell Beach, CA March 14-16, 2012.
• Collegiate Hospitals Keynote Speaker. Sexual Predators and Paraphiliacs: How to
Avoid Victimization in Public Places. Los Angeles. Oct. 26, 2011.
• The California Association of Administration of Justice Educators (CAAJE). Best
Practices in Determining Probation and Parole for Sex Offenders, Sexual Predators and
Recidivistic Criminals. San Diego, CA, April 29, 2011.
• California Sexual Assault Investigators Association. Understanding Paraphilic
Courtship Disorders in Pedophiles and Rapists, Shell Beach, CA March 26-28, 2009.
• California Association of Lanterman-Petris-Short Hearing Officers CALPSHO.
Probable Cause to Believe a Patient is Dangerous, Oakland, CA April 2008.
• California Department of Corrections. Female Offender Populations Seminar. Valley
State Prison for Women, Chowchilla, CA, February 6, 2008.
• Gray Forensics and Consulting. Profiling Stalkers: Their Methods and Motivations.
(CEU certified). Visalia, CA, Jan. 19, 2008.
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Alliant International University. The Therapist & Client Dangerousness: Assessment,
Documentation and Intervention. (CEU certified). Fresno, CA, Oct. 19, 2007.
Alliant International University. Profiling Stalkers and Their Victims. San Francisco,
CA, July 20, 2007. (CEU certified).
California Association of Licensed Investigators. Profiling Sexual Predators: Fantasies
& Behaviors of Pedophiles, Child Molesters, Rapists & Paraphiliacs. Fresno, CA, May
31, 2007.
Peace Officers Standards and Training. “Profiling Serial Murderers: Crime Scene
Investigations Involving Signatures, Trophies and Souvenirs.” San Francisco, CA. May
2007.
Alliant International University. “Psychological Profiling: A New Investigative Tool?”
Alliant International University Continuing Education Program, San Francisco, March 9,
2007. (CEU Certified).
Alliant Center for Forensic Studies. “The Role of Profiling in Cases of Violent Sexual
Predators.” Alliant International University Annual Forensic Research Conference,
Fresno, CA. February 2002-2003.
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. “Assessing Dangerousness in Maladaptive
Behaviors of At-Risk Youth.” Violence in the World of Our Youth, 4th Annual
Conference, San Diego, March 20, 2006. (CEU Certified).
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. “The Origins of Dangerous Traits in
Minors: The MacDonald Triad and Other Conduct Disorders.” Violence in the World of
Our Youth, 4th Annual Conference, San Diego, March 19, 2006. (CEU Certified).
Kern County Department of Mental Health. “The Dark Side: the Science of Profiling
Criminal Minds and Criminal Behaviors.” Bakersfield, CA. March 17, 2006. (CEU
Certified).
Alliant International University. “The Dark Side: the Science of Profiling Criminal
Minds and Criminal Behaviors.” Fresno, CA, December 2005; San Luis Obispo, CA,
July 2006. (CEU Certified).
California Law Judges’ Institute. “Stalking & Stalkers: Determining Judicial
Responses.” California Judicial Council. San Diego, CA. August 2004.
California Juvenile Officers Association. “Profiling Violent Characteristics in
Children: Antecedents to Criminal Behavior. Fresno, CA. March 2004.
California State Crime Lab, Fresno. “Profiling Violent, Paraphilic Predators in
Organized & Disorganized Crime Scenes.” Fresno, CA. February 2004.
Pleasant Valley State Prison. Topic: Criminal Manipulation by Prison Inmates:
Understanding Sociopaths and Psychopaths, Coalinga, CA, June 27, 2002
Fresno County Probation Dept. Boot Camp. Topic: Profiling Violent Childhood
Behaviors, Cruthers, CA, March 22, 2001.
Madera County Victim Services. Topic: Parenting & Discipline, Madera, Jan. 25, 2001.
Fresno County Child Protective Services. Topic: Domestic Terrorism and Workplace
Violence, October 26, 2001.
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Madera County Victim Services. Topic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Madera, CA
October 10, 2000.
S.A.R.T. Training (Sexual Assault Response Team). Sponsored by Family Services of
Tulare County, Topic: “The Dynamics of Stalking, Paraphilia and Sexual Assault,”
Visalia, CA Sept. 2000.
NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINER
• The American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies. Fire-Setting, Arson
and Pyromania: Professional Intervention Practices in Fire Related Crimes. September
14, 2012. St. Paul, Minnesota.
• The American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies. Psychology of
Killing: Etiology & Interventions to Family Homicide. St. Paul, MN. Aug. 10, 2012.
• National Behavioral Intervention Team Association 3rd Annual Conference. Bonita
Springs, FL Nov 29-Dec 05, 2011. Keynote Speaker and Trainer.
o Sexual Predators & Paraphiliacs on Campus: Know Them Before They Know You
o Bifurcated Attacks: Lessons of Andrew Kehoe
o Work Place Bullying: Foundations to a Hostile Work Environment
o Campus Threat Assessments and Other Uses for Fire-Extinguishers
o Stalking on Campus: What Ever Happened to the Guy Behind the Tree?
• Atlanta District Attorney’s Office. “Developments in Domestic Stalker Profiles,”
Atlanta, GA. January 2011.
• Kansas Association of Court Services Workers. “Best Practices in Handling
Workplace Violence: Aka-Whatever Happened to “Going Postal?” and “Female Sex
Offenders and Their Victims: The Full Monty.” Keynote speaker: 30th Anniversary.
Wichita, KS. Oct. 20-22, 2010.
• Indiana Homicide Investigators Association. “Conducting Psychological Autopsy
Investigations Involving Multiple Murders.” Indianapolis, IN. August 2010.
• Alabama Bureau of Investigation. “Psychological Autopsy in the Aftermath of Mass
Murder: Best Practices for Prevention, Intervention, First Responding and Investigation,”
Montgomery, Alabama, September 16-18, 2009.
• Tri-District Federal Probation. “Etiology of Sexual Predators and Paraphilic
Relationships,” Lake Lanier, GA, August 25, 2009.
• Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. “Assessing Dangerousness in Paraphilic
Courtship Disorders Amongst Sexual Predators,” Dana Point, CA, June 22, 2009.
• Midwestern Regional Network for Intervention with Sex Offenders (MRNISO) &
The Indiana Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ICADV).
“Psychopathology in Relational Predatory Stalking” Fishers, Indiana. May 15, 2009.
• Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. “Assessing Dangerousness in Paraphilic
Courtship Disorders Amongst Sexual Predators,” Seattle, WA, April 6-7, 2009.
• IVAT Annual Hawaii Conference. “Minors with Dangerous Traits: Psycho-Behavioral
Characteristics of Predatory Adolescent Offenders,” 6th Annual Hawaii Conference on
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Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault. Topic: Cyberstalking: An Emerging
Crime,” Lafayette, LA, December 2008.
Auburn University. “Sexual Predator Fantasies, Behaviors & Crime Scene
Investigation” and “Profiling Stranger and Domestic Stalkers and Their Victims,”
Montgomery, Alabama, September 26-28, 2007.
Midwestern Regional Network for Intervention with Sex Offenders & The Indiana
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. “Paraphilia Profiling in Sex Crimes,
Sex Offenders & Sexual Predators” Indianapolis, Indiana. May 11, 2007.
Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. “Stalking Techniques in Predatorial Crime,”
Nashville, TN. April 16-18, 2007.
Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. “Understanding Paraphilia in Profiling &
Managing Sexual Predators,” Nashville, TN. April 16-18, 2007.
Bexar County Psychological Association. “Assessment, Intervention and
Documentation of Dangerousness in Counseling Forensic Populations,” San Antonio,
Texas, February 24, 2006.
University of Texas at San Antonio. “Profiling and Threat Management of Potentially
Dangerous Persons and Situations on Campus,” San Antonio, Texas, September 2005.
United States 9th District Circuit Court Pretrial Services. “Offender Typologies in
Cases of Sexual Assault,” Hawthorne, CA, August 2005.
Colorado Association of Sex Crimes Investigators. “Psychological Profiling Serial
Sexual Predators,” Aspen, CO, September 2004.
Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators. Topic: “The Role of Paraphilia in
Sex Crimes and Crime Scene Investigation,” La Cross, WI, April, 2004.
The 16th Annual Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse Conference. Three seminars: 1.
Profiling Violent Criminals; 2. Understanding Sexual Predators and Their Victims; 3.
Profiling Stalkers and Their Victims. Austin, Texas. May 2003.
Louisiana District Attorney’s Association. Topic: “Profiling Violent Domestic Crime,”
Destin, FL, August 2001.
Computer Crimes against Children: Predators on the Internet. University of Central
Florida, Orlando, FL, August, 2001.
National Victim’s Academy. Topics: Homicide, and Stalking, CSU-Fresno, CA June 2000.
Annual Domestic Violence Seminar. Topic: The Psychology of Stalking in Cases of
Domestic Violence, Tennessee, March 16, 2001.
American Prosecutors Research Institute. (Annual Trainer) Topic: Cyberstalking and
Sexual Predators, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, 1999-2002.
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INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINER
• Policing and Training Institute. Sex Crimes in Crime Scene Analysis. University of
Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England. Jan. 2012.
• City of Manila Police Department. “Best Practices in Identification and Interviewing
Sexual Predators,” Manila, Philippines, May 2011.
• Philippines Women’s University, Manila. “Best Practices in Preventing and Handling
Classroom Violence,” Manila, May 2011.
• European University of Rome. “The Role of Forensic Psychology in Criminal
Investigations,” Rome, Italy, March 2010.
• Mexico Police Leadership. “Crime Reduction and Community Goodwill: Strategies in
Winning Hearts and Minds,” Mexico City, August 2009.
• Alliant International University-Singapore & Kuala Lumpur. “The Emergence of
Forensic Psychology in Southeast Asia,” March 17-22, 2009.
• Alliant International University-Hong Kong. “The Emergence of Forensic Psychology
in Chinese Culture,” March 2009.
• Philippines Women’s University, Manila. “The Emergence of Forensic Psychology in
the Pacific Rim,” Manila, February 17-20, 2009.
• Carabinieri, (Italian Military Police). Discussion of Needs Assessment of Military and
State Police in Italy, Rome, Italy, September 30, 2008.
• University of Bologna, Society of Italian Victimology & Department of Sociology.
Understanding Paraphilia in Criminal Victimization, Bologna, Italy, September 29, 2008.
• International Police Association, Republic of San Marino, Paraphilia Linkage to
Crime Scene Investigations, San Marino, Republic of San Marino, September 29, 2008.
• Indian National Association of Forensic Medicine. “Methods and Motivations of
Medical Practitioners Who Murder Their Patients,” Mumbai, India, February 2008.
• Centre de Recherche en Profilage (CIRPO). (A private organization for criminal and
behavioral analysis), Topics: “The Role of Paraphilia in Profiling Sex Crimes” and
“Stalking Techniques of Violent Sexual Predators,” Paris, France. Oct. 18-20, 2006.
• Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. Chair: “From Dialogue into Action: Where
Do We Go From Here in Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
Children” 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego,
September 19, 2006. (CEU Certified).
• Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. “Human Trafficking: The Minds and
Behaviors of Sexual Predators.” 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and
Trauma, San Diego, September 18, 2006. (CEU Certified).
• Tokiwa International Victimology Institute. Topic: Forensic Assessments of
Victimization in Cases of Mass and Serial Murder, Tokiwa University, Miwa, Mito-shi,
Ibaraki-ken, Japan, December 17, 2005.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation International Serial Murder Seminar. Topic:
“Examining the International Scope of Serial Murder,” An International Seminar on
Serial Murder, San Antonio, Texas, August-September, 2005.
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Institut Privé d’Analyse Criminelle et Comportementale (IPACC). (Private Institute
for Criminal and Behavioral Analysis), Topic: “The Role of Paraphilia in Profiling Sex
Crimes,” Paris, France. June 2005.
Institut Privé d’Analyse Criminelle et Comportementale (IPACC). (Private Institute
for Criminal and Behavioral Analysis), Topic: Case Analysis of Violent Sexual
Predators, Paris, France. May 2004.
International Profiling Conference. Topic: New Perspectives in Profiling Violent Serial
Offenders, sponsored by the Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto, Canada, September
2001.
International Security Academy (ISA). Topic: Application of Domestic and Stranger
Stalker-Victim Profiles, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2000.
LANGUAGES
Bilingual: French and English - Resided for several years in the Maritime Provinces of
Canada and southern France.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
Documentaries
• Investigation Discovery: Homicide 2014
• A&E Documentary: Scientology 2014
• A&E Biography: Killer Kids ~ The Tyler Witt Story 2014
• A&E Biography: Simon Says ~ The Simon Sue Killer Cult 2013
• Oxygen: Snapped: Killer Couples: The Michael and Suzan Carson Cult Murders, 2013
• OWN: To Catch a Killer (Cold Case Files), 2013
• A&E Documentaries: Amityville Mass Murder: A Forensic Psychological Autopsy,
Fall, 2011.
• CBC News –The National: Col. Russell Williams, Psychopathic Sexual Predator. March
2010
• CNN The Atlanta Child Murders: Black Serial Killers, Atlanta, GA, June 2010
• Japanese Television: Measuring the Utility and Impact of Three Strike Laws in the
United States. October 2009
• History Channel: Death Mask Investigations: Authenticating Napoleon Bonaparte,
Dream Wild Productions, October 2009
• Discovery Channel Investigations: Psychopathic Female Killers: The Martha Rudin
Case, January 2009
• Discovery Channel: Wicked Attractions series: The Hippie Killers, Nov. 2008’
• WE Channel: Black Widows: Explaining Women Who Kill Their Husbands,
May 22, 2007
• National Geographic: The Real Spartacus: Examining the Mindset of a Rebel, Oct 2005
• Discovery Channel: Mummy Autopsies: Explaining Death, April 2005
• A&E Biography The Scott Petersen Story, Fall 2004
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The Learning Channel and Cronkite-Ward Productions, Understanding Murder, An
examination of the etiology of murder. August, 2001
Court T.V., Profiles of Stalkers, October 2000
Court T.V. - The Psychology of Serial Murderers. A documentary on profiling multiple
murderers. August 2000
Court T.V. – Anatomy of Crime. A documentary on the minds of serial killers.
November 1999
Court T.V. – Anatomy of Crime. A documentary on the insanity defense. Oct, 1999
A&E – Love on the Internet. A documentary on Internet relationships and cyberstalking.
September 1999
20/20 – Documentary on the traumatizations of jurors serving on the trial of Charles Ng.,
August 1999
48 Hours--. Television special on stalking. February 1998
20/20--The Psychopathology of Charles Ng. February 1998
British Broadcasting Corporation - London, England - Hunt for the Unabomber,
April 1996
British Broadcasting Corporation - To Kill and Kill Again, – Exploring the Jeffrey
Dahmer case. Also aired on The Learning Channel, 1995
CNN Special Reports - Murder By Number, a two-part documentary explaining the
phenomenon of serial murder, 1994
Television, Radio, Popular Press & Community Speakers Bureau
My research and consulting has been the subject of television and radio talk show interviews
including repeat appearances on several of the following:
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Channels 24, 26, 30, 47, 53, Valley Press
Radio: Ray Appleton, KMJ, Fox radio
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NATIONAL (United States)
ABC
This Week with Sam Donaldson
Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer
20/20
CNN
Larry King Live
Sonya Live
Burden of Proof
24 Hour Headline News
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A&E--Biography
CBS-- 48 Hours
USA--Charlie Rose Special
The Learning Channel
Discovery Channels
National Geographic
America Live
TruTV
Oxygen
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FOX Oprah Network
Fox News
Catherine Crier Live
NPR--All Things Considered
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APR (Australian Public Radio)
TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System)
BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.)
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp.)
TV SERIES
Appeared in the pilot of Predators, a new reality based docu-drama that brings to the
screen the minds of violent offenders and the lives of victims. (Summer 2005), presented
at The National Association of Professional Television Executives (NAPTE) in New
Orleans.
POPULAR PRESS
My research and interviews have appeared in magazines and news articles including:
Newsweek New York Times Atlanta Journal & Constitution
In Magazine
Chicago Tribune
Entre Nous (Canada)
People Magazine
USA Today
Toronto, Star (Canada)
Cosmopolitan (England)
Los Angeles Times
Calgary Herald (Canada)
Veja (Brazil)
Denver Post
Dallas Observer
Tokyo Press (Japan)
Maclean’s Magazine Pravda Daily (Slovak Republic)
Community Speakers Bureau
Rotary, Exchange, Club 55, Optimist, Porsche Club, Lions, Sisters in Crime, High
Schools, etc.
SAMPLE OF SELECTED SEMINARS & COMMUNITY LECTURES
• Auburn University. “Forensic Psychology & Criminal Profiling,” Montgomery,
Alabama. March 27, 2007.
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Inside the Criminal Mind,” Extension Programs,
Division of Continuing and Global Education, California State University, Fresno, CA,
November 7, 2006.
• Claremont-McKenna College. “The Role of Forensic Profiling in Criminal
Investigations of Serial Murder,” Claremont, CA. March 2004.
• Kansas State University. “Careers in Criminal Psychology: Finding Your Niche” Video
Conference, CSUF & KSU, Manhattan, KS, 2003-2008.
• Elderhostel. (Sponsored by California State University, Fresno). “Profiling & Tracking
Predators: A Career Inside The Minds of Criminals” Wonder Valley, CA, 2001-2004,
2006-2007.
• California Agriculture Leadership Program, Topic: Profiling Violent Criminals, San
Raphael, CA, 2000-2004.
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Criminal Psychologist
PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Professor Emeritus of Criminology, California State University, Fresno, CA,
Department of Criminology, 1990-2011
• Instructor, Special Topics in Criminology Online Program, Department of Criminal
Justice Programs, University of Florida, 2006
• Visiting Professor, Alliant International University (Doctoral Program in Forensic
Psychology), Adjunct Professor, Fresno, CA, 2005-2006
• Instructor, Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Jail Division1996-2006
• Adjunct Professor, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA, 1994-2006
• Instruction, Institut Privé d’Analyse Criminelle et Comportementale (IPACC), (Private
Institute for Criminal and Behavioral Analysis), Paris, France, 2005
• Adjunct Professor, Alliant International University (California School of Professional
Psychology and Center for Forensic Studies), Fresno, CA, 1996-2005
• Adjunct Instructor, American Prosecutors Research Institute & the National District
Attorneys Association, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, 1999-2001
• Assistant Professor, Ball State University, Department of Criminology and Criminal
Justice, Muncie, Indiana, 1987-1990
• Assistant Professor, State University of West Georgia, Department of Sociology,
Carrollton, Georgia, 1981-1987
• Teaching Assistant and Instructor, Brigham Young University, Department of
Sociology, Provo, Utah, 1978-1981
TEACHING HONORS
• Nominated for the Teacher of the Year Award, CSU-Fresno, 1995.
• Selected as the recipient of the School of Social Sciences Annual Excellence in Teaching
Award at California State University, Fresno, 1993.
• Selected as one of the top ten teachers of the year by Ball State University and finalist for
The Outstanding Teaching Professorship Award: 1989, 1990.
• Most Preferred Faculty, Omicron Kappa Delta, 1984-5 - West Georgia College.
• Outstanding Faculty, Kappa Delta Sorority, 1983 - West Georgia College.
RESEARCH HONORS
• Nominated for the Provost’s Distinguished Achievement in Research & Scholarship
Award, California State University, Fresno, 2005.
• Selected as the recipient of the School of Social Sciences Annual Excellence in Research
Award at California State University, Fresno, 1993, 1994.
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