The goal of this course is to acquaint the student with the varying personality profiles, levels of motivation and prognoses of the homicidal offender.  Homicide will be studied, not as a unitary event, but as a complex behavior with differing phenomenology, psychopathology and dynamics.  In addition to the study of typologies, theories and research, a major focus throughout will be on criminal profiling through presentation of case material and applying case findings to further the understanding of murder.