Criminal Profiling Lecture

Lecture:
 Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQFcjHb6JjM
 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwcuR_5-V_Q
 Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVZmS51fdWU
 Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_1fy15TqZs
 Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3N_8wP7uls

This lecture that I found on Youtube is about criminal profiling.  Since the lecture is broken up into parts I while summarize what Eric Silk talks about in each segment.  In Part 1, he starts off the presentation by talking about the orgins of profiling and goes through the first systematic profile done by James Brussel of George Metesky.  In Part 2, Silk talks about the BSU (Behavioral Science Unit).  Recommends two books to read.  This is were he gets into the definitions of profiling; there are four different definitions that he talks about.  He ends the part by sharing a personal story about profiling.  In Part 3 you learn about Modus Operandi, or most widely known as MO or mode of operation.  Eric Silk tells another story related to MO.  Then he goes on to talk about the signature aspects to a crime.  The different signatures done by the criminals and how that helps create a profile.  In Part 4 you learn about the three different crime scene categories: organized, disorganized and a mix of both.  In Part 5, he talks about polygraphs, lie detector tests and hypnosis.  That concludes his lecture on criminal profiling. 

I found this lecture particularly interesting.  A lot of the content Silk talked about, is covered in the non-fiction book I'm reading.  But that isn't a bad thing because while watching this lecture you get to hear a lot of stories that are related to what he is teaching.  It was really funny how the first thing Silk talks about is how there is no such job as a profiler.  It is a made up profession for TV.  What a profiler does is limitament but the actual job title doesn't exist.  My favorite part would have to be Part 3, because that is when you learn about why a criminal does what he does.  It is the more psychological way of figuring out who the criminals are.  You get to know who they are on a deeper level and understand them.    

PSYC 2450 Criminal Profiling 2-1. Dir. Eric Silk. Perf. Eric Silk. Youtube. Youtube, 23 May 2011. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.
PSYC 2450 Criminal Profiling 2-2. Dir. Eric Silk. Perf. Eric Silk. Youtube. Youtube, 24 May 2011. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.
PSYC 2450 Criminal Profiling 2-3. Dir. Eric Silk. Perf. Eric Silk. Youtube. Youtube, 24 May 2011. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.
PSYC 2450 Criminal Profiling 2-4. Dir. Eric Silk. Perf. Eric Silk. Youtube. Youtube, 24 May 2011. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.
PSYC 2450 Criminal Profiling 2-5. Dir. Eric Silk. Perf. Eric Silk. Youtube. Youtube, 24 May 2011. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.