CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION

Mental Work: The Psychology of Investigation

April 11, 2013

The Center for Excellence in Justice Administration announces that its Spring 2013 Homicide Seminar will focus on Mental Work: The Psychology of Investigation for Homicide Investigators. This opportunity is open to All law enforcement officers, crime analysts, and crime scene investigators, and is CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. The Center for Excellence in Justice Administration is funding the entire cost of this seminar and there is no cost to seminar participants. This lecture will provide violent crime investigators, crime scene technicians, medical examiners, coroners, forensic nurses, and attorneys assigned to investigate, process, conduct examinations, and prosecute such cases the truth of investigative strategies, observation skills, the importance of understanding body language and how it impacts interrogation and deception, psychological autopsies, and merging insights for case analysis.

The key presenter/trainer will be Dr. Katherine Ramsland. Professor Ramsland has a master's degree in forensic psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a Ph.D. in philosophy from Rutgers University (where she taught philosophy for many years) and a master's in clinical psychology from Duquesne University. Her B.A. from Northern Arizona University is in philosophy and psychology. Before coming to DeSales, she directed one of the Bard Clemente programs in the inner city, which assists people without means to get a start in college, and she has been a therapist, crisis counselor, and psycho-educator, as well as a professional writer. She has published thirty-two nonfiction books, sixteen short stories, two novels, and more than eight hundred articles, and has been translated into ten languages. Dr. Ramsland speaks around the country on topics ranging from death investigation to ritual crime to the art of narrative nonfiction. Featured on many television programs, such as the Today Show and documentaries on A&E, the Learning Channel and Discovery, she often consults on aspects of unique subcultures. She has done research for famed criminal profiler and chief of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, John Douglas, and she has published a book with another former profiler, Gregg

McCrary, The Unknown Darkness. She has also done courtroom research for forensic psychologist Dr. Barbara Kirwin, author of The Mad, the Bad, and the Innocent, and has a part-time psychotherapy practice. Writing extensively about forensic science and psychology for Court TV's Crime Library, she has published over one hundred articles on serial killers, criminal investigation, and criminal psychology. She is also a frequent contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Copies of the keynote speakers books will be raffled during the seminar and she will be available to sign copies of her books for attendees. You may register ON-LINE at http://www.methodist.edu/ceja/events.htm or by returning
the attached registration form via email to Professor Paulys email below. We look forward to seeing you at the seminar!

SEMINAR ADMINSTRATIVE INFORMATION Point of Contact: Professor Dave Pauly, MFS, VSM, FBI NA (Session 195) Phone: 910.263.4720 Email: dpauly@methodist.edu Class Location: Methodist University Main Auditorium (Reeves) 5400 Ramsey St. Fayetteville, NC 28311 April 11, 2013 - 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.

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Cost:NONE - All costs for the seminar are paid by the Center for Excellence in Justice Administration Lunch: Registration: Lunch will be available at the MU cafeteria for under $7. On Line: http://www.methodist.edu/ceja/events.htm OR Complete and email attached MS Word form to Mr. Dave Pauly dpauly@methodist.edu

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Mental Work: The Psychology of Investigation

April 11, 2013
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Contact: If you have any questions regarding this seminar, please contact Mr. Dave Pauly by email at dpauly@methodist.edu or by telephone at 910-263-4720.