My goals for my senior project are:
- To study various pathologies and paths that lead criminals to commit spree and serial killings (the why and how criminals commit these crimes).
- To determine whether or not psychological profiling is necessary for cases; does it do more harm than good? Is it inaccurate?
- To talk to people who are experts in the field and gain insight into their opinions on certain cases as well as learning more about what the profession is like.
Week 1:
-relearn material by listening to podcasts, watching videos, reading articles, etc. about psychological profiling
-following free lessons online, using a syllabus from Wesleyan, reading books, etc. study psychology
Week 2:
-continue to relearn material + study psychology
-start studying case #1
Week 3:
-start working on case #2
-continue to relearn material + study psychology
Week 4:
-possibly work on case #3
-continue to relearn material + study psychology
-start conducting interviews and meeting with experts
-start sending out forms about my cases
Week 5 +6:
-conduct interviews with people in legal fields
-send out forms about the cases I’ve worked on and evaluate the responses
-start to put everything together; interviews with people legal field and think about if psychological profiling is necessary
-possibly study how psychological profiling is conveyed in the media
-think about the dangers of profiling and the ways in which profilers can be held accountable
-wrap up everything
Documentation plan:
To document what I’ve been working on, I will write posts about what I’ve learned and create specific posts about each case that I’m working on. I will also list the resources I’ve been using for my specific cases in case anyone is interested in doing research themselves.