Criminal profiling has been the subject of countless movies, television programs and novels. The profilers are frequently portrayed as individuals with special psychic abilities. Often this ability is rooted in victimization or some serious physical or personality flaw. In reality, profilers are investigators who draw upon their own experience, specialized training in forensic and behavioral science and empirically developed information about the characteristics of known offenders. Essentially they are the historians of crime information.

Far from a magical event, profiling is an investigative technique that was developed and refined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is a process of systematically reviewing and analyzing crime scene information. The major personality, behavioral and demographic characteristics of the offender are suggested based upon an analysis of the crimes. People are not profiled. Rather, the offender's interactions with the victim(s) within the context of the crime scene(s) are examined in great detail.

Using specific case examples, Ms. Hinman will give the audience the opportunity to understand how these complicated cases were resolved. Attendees will gain a greater understanding of criminal profiling and better appreciate the efficacy of collaborative working relationships between the various professional disciplines involved in criminal investigation.

Dayle Hinman is a renowned and celebrated criminal profile and homicide investigator whose career spanned over 26 years as a sworn law enforcement officer in the State of Florida. Dayle was formally trained in criminal profiling at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Science Unit at Quantico, Virginia. She has successfully investigated hundreds of crimes perpetrated by murders, rapists and sexual offenders including serial killers Aileen Wuornos, Danny Rolling, Rory Conde, Francisco del Junco, and Ted Bundy. She is a court certified expert in Crime Scene Assessment and lectures nationally and internationally on Criminal Profiling, Crime Scene Analysis, Threat Assessment and Serial Offenders. She is a featured speaker and instructor for the National College of District Attorneys, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, U. S. Department of State, American Academy of Forensic Science, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Associations, universities and numerous federal, state, and local police agencies. Dayle is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the host of TruTV's Body of Evidence: From the case files of Dayle Hinman.

Presented by the Forensic Institute for Research and Education, College of Liberal Arts, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Sociology & Anthropology, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, Political Science, and Criminal Justice