The FBI formed its Behavioral Science Unit in 1974 to study serial predators. Since then, the art and craft of criminal profiling have become the subject of numerous books, TV shows and iconic films ...

Not everyone believes in the FBI criminal profiling process that has been popularly depicted in the hit Netflix series Mindhunter. For several decades now, clinical and forensic psychologists have ...

Argosy University offers a large variety of degrees and areas of study, and one of those is forensic psychology. In today’s Akamai Learning segment, we find out what it takes to learn forensic ...

Forensic psychology is a specialty area in psychology that provides psychological expertise to the criminal and civil legal system and the people who come into contact with the law. Forensic ...

Aided by depictions in the media and popular culture, forensic psychology is a rapidly growing field. However, there are still many misconceptions about what it means to be a forensic psychologist — ...

If you've turned on your TV in the past couple of years, chances are you've seen a show like "CSI," "Bones" or "NCIS," in which a group of skilled forensic experts descend upon a crime scene. Working ...

Criminal psychologist Julia Shaw applies the same profiling techniques used in criminal cases to explore the psychological motivations behind those committing environmental crimes, such as some of ...

Forensic psychology represents an interdisciplinary field in which psychological principles, research methodologies and clinical practices are applied within legal contexts. Its scope spans from the ...