Provide an overview of the characteristics listed below involving the victims (Is there a pattern?

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Instructions: Choose ONE serial offender (serial killer, serial rapist, serial stalker, serial arsonist, mass murderer) for your project. To do this assignment you will need to find CREDIBLE documentaries, news articles, and/or other information (e.g., court documents, credible online sources, books) about your chosen serial offender. You MUST choose an offender that HAS been caught (Zodiac and Jack the Ripper, etc. are not allowed). You may choose a serial offender that operated outside the U.S. (e.g., your choice is NOT limited to U.S. offenders). Your task is to analyze the crime based on the available information about the offense behavior/ crime scene evidence.
How you will be graded: You will be graded on your ability to utilize what you have learned in the course to develop a detailed comprehensive profile of your chosen serial offender based on the existing knowledge available on criminal behavior, typologies, and profiling. Your analysis/profile should be organized as outlined for you in the instructions.
Formatting:

Title page using APA style with your name, date, and course AND name of your offender. Place a picture (or a selection of pictures) of your offender (or suspected offender) on your cover page. No abstract needed. Header required. Page numbers in the top right corner.
MUST be a MINIMUM of 10 pages (most papers will be much longer than this) EXCLUDING the cover page and reference page.
Typed, double spaced, 12pt. Times New Roman only, 1 margins on all 4 sides of paper
Reference page at the end on a separate page that follows APA formatting
PROOFREAD: spelling, grammar, punctuation, and proper capitalization count
One full letter grade will be docked for failure to follow formatting guidelines.
Internal citations using APA formatting is required for ALL SECTIONS!

NOTE: No student can choose the same serial offender. Therefore, your chosen offender MUST be approved by me. in the discussion forum in Module 2 although I strongly recommend choosing earlier. This is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Final Written Project and Video Presentation are This assignment is connected to Turnitin.com You will submit your written document in an MS Word document (NO PDFs accepted). You will also submit a file with your video presentation. This can be a document with a link to your presentation on YouTube or can be an MP4 attachment. Double check your work submitted.
Absolutely NO LATE WORK will be accepted.
WRITTEN PORTION OF YOUR PROFILE
How your profile should be formatted:
Label EACH section as follows:
INTRODUCTION: Introduce your chosen offender and the case/crimes. This is to be a basic intro (no more than one paragraph to one page). This section must be in PARAGRAPH FORM.
OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS: This section must be done in bullet points.
Name (including all aliases and any nicknames given)
Race
Sex
Date of Birth (DOB)
Age (at time of first killing or rape & age when apprehended)
height/weight
hair color & eye color
occupation & socioeconomic status
residence
Knowledge of/Familiarity with Location Skill Level
Knowledge of/Familiarity with Victim
Other relevant information

BACKGROUND/TIME LINE: In paragraph format, complete a comprehensive background of your offender such as a thorough discussion of his/her childhood. Using information you learned from class, explain what caused your offender to be the way he/she is.
Next, in bullet points in chronological order, complete a comprehensive background of each murder/rape such as ALL pertinent dates of incidents, evidence recovery, and investigative actions.
VICTIMOLOGY: This section must be done in bullet points.
Demographics (For each victim provide all of the following that is known)
Name
Race
Sex
Date of birth (DOB)
Age
height/weight
hair color & eye color
occupation & socioeconomic status
residence (if known)
location(s) of crime

Provide an overview of the characteristics listed below involving the victims (Is there a pattern? Are the victims different in all of these categories or are they relatively similar?)
Relationship Status
Lifestyle & Incident Risk (Do the victims have a low or high risk of victimization based on their lifestyle? Explain.)

THE INVESTIGATION: This section must be done in paragraph format.
Briefly discuss the investigation of your chosen offender from start to finish. Things to consider:
How did the investigation begin? What leads were there?
What actions were taken by investigators to solve the case? What agencies were involved in the investigation?
Were there any stalls/roadbumps in the case?
What ultimately lead to the offenders capture (if caught)?

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