BEHAVIOR PROFILING

Catalog description

This course is designed to expand the understanding of social work, criminal justice, and those of the helping professions to understand the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual and to explore the history of mental illness and influences which shape perception and assumptions regarding mental disorders. There are several points of intercept that will be covered including: calls for service, encounters with law enforcement, civil commitment, criminal court, and community correction. Criminological elements regarding the classification of insanity and mental illness as they relate to violent behavior will also be discussed.