Students will write a scholarly paper that is a minimum (5 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page) at least five, peer-reviewed sources that cover your chosen topic from the list below.

This assignment is a criminal profiling research paper. The student will pick a high-profile criminal listed on the assignment page and explain the biological, situational, and developmental factors that contributed to this criminal's behavior to include geographic mobility, victimology, and M.O./signature.

Examples of Possible Criminal Profiles David Berkowitz (son of sam) Dennis Rader (BTK) Ted Bundy Jeffry Dahmer Albert Fish John Wayne Gacy

Aileen Wuornos

Make sure you provide the following:

1. Give a thorough description of the criminal's background (life story).

2. Utilize course material to explain the criminal's behavior to include geographical mobility, victimology, modus operandi, and signature

3. Discuss how psychological theories and research contributed to the apprehension, prosecution, understanding and/or treatment of this criminal