There are 10 lessons in the Criminal Profiling 100-hour short course:

1. Introduction to Criminal Profiling
Types of crime
Jack the ripper
FBI behavioural science unit
What is criminal profiling?
Intelligence profiling
Other related terms
Investigative psychology 
Crime scene profiling/crime scene analysis profiling
Premeditation
Crime of passion
MMPI
Victimology 
Linkage analysis
Modus operandi
Signature behaviour 
The criminal profiling process
What is included in a profile?
How are criminal profiles used?
Role of profiling
Who uses profiling? 
Contributions of psychologists, psychiatrists

2. Profiling Methods
Top down
Bottom up
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic profiling
Organised and disorganised offenders
Behavioural evidence analysis
Forensic analysis
Victimology 
Crime analysis
Offender characteristics 
Investigative psychology: statistical approach
Behavioural investigative advice
Geographical profiling 
The main concepts of geographical profiling

3. Crime Scene Analysis 
Crime scene evidence 
Crime scene location
Crime scene type
Choice of victim
Targeted victim
Opportunistic victim 
Method of approach
Method of attack
Force
Method of control
Patterns and linkages
Method of operating
Signature
Case linkages
Writing a crime scene analysis 

4. Offender Characteristics 
Who commits crimes?
Gender
Age
Relationships 
Mental illness 
Mental health and crime
Psychopathy
Sadism
Learning disabilities and crime
Gender and crime
Why are men more likely to commit crimes?
The general theory of crime
Nature & nurture
Sociological theories of why men commit more crimes than women
Sociobiological and evolutionary theories
Stereotyping and generalisations
Motives
Motivation
Understanding motive
Rapist motivational typology

5. Victimology
Understanding victim profiles 
Goal of forensic victimology
Victim backgrounds
Victim biases
Exposure of victims to crime
Lifestyle factors
Traits
Behaviours
Professions
Situational factors
Victim timelines
Case study – knife crime
Victims of serial killers
Offender-victim relationships
Problems with victim profiling
Incorrect profile
Stereotyping and generalisations
Reliability

6. Offender Profiling - Sexual Crimes 
Serial crimes
Types of sex crimes
Rape
Power reassurance type
Power assertive type
Anger retaliatory type
Anger excitement type (sadistic)
Serial rape
The use of profiling in rape cases
Finding the offender
Profiling rapists
Sexual murder
Cannibalism sexual murder

7. Offender Profiling – Violent Crimes 
Murder
Anger
Profit
Ideology
Mental illness
Serial killers or serial murderers
Visionary killers
Missionary killers 
Hedonistic killers
Control or power killers
Organised killers
Disorganised Killers
Mixed killers
Stages of serial killing
Mass murder
Types of mass killers
Pseudo commando
Disciple
Disgruntled employee
Family annihilator
Set and run killer
Genocide
Terrorism

8. Offender Profiling – White-Collar Crimes
Blackmail and extortion
Intimidation
Cybercrime
Phishing scams
Identity theft 
Intellectual property infringement 
Cyberstalking
Online harassment
Hacking
Fraud
Insurance reports
Unlawful sackings 
Arson
Common profiles of white-collar offenders
Shoplifter profiler
Offender profile – hackers

9. Offender Profiling – Victimless Crimes, Consensual Crimes and Other Crimes
Theft & robbery crime
Workplace bullying
Corporal punishment
Domestic violence
Initiation ceremonies
Hazing
Self-defence
Neighbourhood disputes
Softer crimes
Case studies
The case of the Unabomber (Ted Kaczynski)
The case of the Beltway Snipers (John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo)
The case of the Boston Strangler (Albert Desalvo)

10. Profiling in Action
Profiling in action – Jeffrey Dahmer
Gathering information
Writing reports for divorce cases
Criminal profiling as expert witness testimony
Jury decision-making
Accuracy issues
Public perception
Miscarriage of justice in criminal profiling
The case of Richard Jewell (1996)
The case of Colin Stagg (1992)
The case of Ronald Cotton (1984)
The case of Gary Dotson (1977)
Why is criminal profiling important to society as a whole?
Outlook on profiling
Uses of profiling
The future of criminal profiling
Criminal profiling and artificial intelligence

AIMS

Describe the nature and scope of criminal profiling.

Explain different methods used for criminal profiling.

Describe how a crime scene may be analysed.

Describe criminal offender characteristics.

Describe different types of victims.

Describe the common profiles of sex crime offenders and victim profiles.

Describe the common profiles of violent crime offenders.

Describe common profiles of white-collar crime offenders.

Apply criminal profiling to victimless crimes, consensual crimes, and other crimes.

Discuss the application of criminal profiling, and its importance to society.