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In 2005 the FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, Behavioral Analysis Unit hosted a 5 day symposium on serial murder. The goal of the Symposium was to bring together a group of respected experts on serial murder from a variety of fields and specialties, to identify the commonalities of knowledge regarding serial murder.

A total of 135 subject matter experts attended the five-day event. These individuals included law enforcement officials who have successfully investigated and apprehended serial killers; mental health, academic, and other experts who have studied serial killers and shared their expertise through education and publication; officers of the court, who have judged, prosecuted, and defended serial killers; and members of the media, who inform and educate the public when serial killers strike.

The agenda encompassed a variety of topics related to serial murder including common myths, definitions, typologies, pathology and causality, forensics, the role of the media, prosecution issues, investigative task force organization, and major case management issues.

This invaluable 75 page eBook is based on the input and discussion of the attendees on the major issues related to serial murder. The contents are based upon the notes taken during the presentations, panel discussions, and break-out group sessions. These were:

Definition of Serial Murder
Causality and the Serial Murderer
Psychopathy and Serial Murder
Motivations and Types of Serial Murder
Investigative Issues and Best Practices
Forensic Issues in Serial Murder Cases
Prosecution of Serial Murder Cases
Media Issues in Serial Murder Investigations

Click Here to get hold of your free copy of Serial Murder: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives For Investigators.

This very informative publication is just the first of many that I will be making available as part of the forensic psychology eBook collection.

The latest addition to the All About Psychology website is a learn psychology for free section where visitors can access an incredible array of psychology related learning materials e.g., video lectures, MP3 recordings, lecture notes etc.

Thanks to the power of the Internet and the spirit of Web 2.0 an increasing number of psychologists, psychology lecturers and academic institutions are disseminating their ideas, research and course materials through a creative commons license. As such, "Learn Psychology For Free" will showcase the very best and most comprehensive freely available educational materials.

For instance, the main page presents an outstanding Introduction to Psychology course delivered by Professor Paul Bloom from Yale University. Whether you teach psychology, are new to psychology, currently studying or thinking about studying psychology, you will find this remarkable 20 lecture series as interesting as it is invaluable. As you work your way through the course you can even have a go at the Midterm and final exams.

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I've just added a psychology ebook page to the main psychology website which will eventually include forensic psychology related ebooks as part of the collection. Click Here To find out more about this new addition to the All About Psychology website and to download Dream Psychology by Sigmund Freud for free.

I think it's fair to say that after senator Barack Obama's historic election victory, political psychology will become an increasingly important and influential area of study.

With this in mind, I've added a political psychology page to the types of psychology section of the website.

Click Here To Visit The political psychology Page

I've just added a psychology jobs directory to the main psychology website. This new page connects you to a network of websites that list hundreds of psychology related job vacancies.

Click here to visit the psychology jobs page

I've just sent out the latest edition of the All About Psychology Newsletter which includes a Halloween special on the psychology of fear. If you would like to read the newsletter, you can do so by clicking on the following link.

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Having added a psychology movies page to the All About Psychology website, it seemed a logical step to also examine psychology fiction within books and literature.

The psychology fiction page highlights the work of authors who are recognized for writing responsibly when presenting portrayals of psychology to the general public. The page also takes a look at some of the most popular fictional psychologists out there.

Visit the psychology fiction page.

SAGE publications are providing free online access to over 500 journals until October 31st 2008. With full unrestricted content available from 1999 until the present day this is a wonderful opportunity for anybody looking for quality peer reviewed research findings. Psychology journals available include:

Applied Psychological Measurement

The Counseling Psychologist

Culture & Psychology

Feminism & Psychology

Journal of Health Psychology

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Psychology of Music

School Psychology International

Theory & Psychology

There is a host of forensic psychology related material available. The following journal article titles represent just a small sample of what you can get hold of.

Graduate Students' Experiences, Interests, and Attitudes Toward Correctional/Forensic Psychology

A Role For Forensic Psychology In The Probation Service?

Celebrating the Twentieth Anniversary of Criminal Justice and Behavior: The Past, Present, and Future of Forensic Psychology

Human Rights, Ethical Principles, and Standards in Forensic Psychology

Selecting Tomorrow's Forensic Psychologists: a Fresh Look at Some Familiar Predictors

Criminal Psychological Profiling: Validities and Abilities

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David

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I've just added a webcast page to The All About Forensic Science website.

The page includes an increasing collection of upcoming and recorded forensic science webcasts which you can access directly from the page itself. See following link for full details.

Forensic Science Webcasts

This post follows on nicely from the criminal profiling debate blog entry, as it demonstrates how criminal/offender/psychological profiling has evolved over the years.

There is a page on the forensic psychology website where I discuss the scientific credibility of forensic psychology. In doing so I suggest that students should seek out a more balanced view when evaluating the credibility of forensic psychology as a whole and individual topics within the discipline. To back up this assertion I make the point there is more than one approach to criminal profiling, the guiding principles of which can differ markedly.

With this in mind, I'd like to draw your attention to the concept of the behavioural investigative advisor. According to an illuminating article produced by the psychology department at Liverpool University (UK), the term behavioural investigative advisor reflects the fact that offender profiling has evolved from the traditional process of predicting the likely socio-demographic characteristics of an offender based on information available at the crime scene; toward a broader emphasis which embraces a range of reliable, tested and transparent evidence-based methods that psychologists can draw upon to assit the police during investigations.

"Extending well beyond attempts to set suspect parameters or explain the behaviour of offenders in one-off critical incidents, advisors can now assist on issues such as media strategy, interview strategy, DNA intelligence led screening, risk assessments, geographical analysis, veracity of victim statements and the linking of a series of crimes."

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Click Here to read the offender profiling article from the psychology department at Liverpool University.

Click Here to access the scientific credibility of forensic psychology webpage.