FBI Behavioral Science Unit

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FBI Behavioral Science Unit

• WhoWhyWho

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• Introduction
• The FBI Behavior Science Unit (BSU) was formed in
  1972. It is part of the Training Division,
  Instruction Section, and is located at the FBI
  Academy in Quantico,VA.
• The BSUs mission is to
• Develop and provide programs in training,
  research, and consultation in the behavioral and
  social sciences for Law Enforcement.
• Conduct applied research on behavioral and social
  science law enforcement issues for use in
  training, consultation, and operational matters
  and,
• Provide consultation services to law enforcement
  when requested.

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• The BSU is the unit of origin responsible for the
  development of many of the FBIs other specialty
  units. These units include
• the National Center for the Analysis of Violent
  Crime (NCAVC)
• Behavioral Analysis Units (profilers)
• Hostage Rescue Team
• Special Weapons and tactics (Swat)
• Crisis (Hostage) negotiation
• Crisis management, and
• Employee Assistance
• Many of these units have since relocated to other
  areas of the FBI such as the Critical Incident
  Response Group

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Training

• A primary responsibility of the BSU includes
  training FBI National Academy students on a
  variety of specialized topics concerning the
  behavior and social sciences.
• Another responsibility of the BSU is to provide
  seven hours of instruction to new agent trainees
  at the FBI academy on topics such as stress
  management, dangerous individuals, and gangs.

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• Some examples of BSU sponsored conferences/symposi
  a include
• domestic violence committed by law enforcement
  officers
• advanced death investigation
• school violenceinvestigative, predictive and
  preventative strategies for the 21st century
• Suicide and law enforcement.

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Research

• Current BSU research topics include
• crimes against the aging
• killing/assault of law enforcement officers
• the Computer Hacker Interviewing Research
  Project
• use of poison as a weapon
• reliability and validity of official crime
  statistics
• inferring offender characteristics from
  threatening communication
• gangs and gang violence
• air rage and
• Emerging Technologies and Policing.

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• The Behavioral Science Unit also coordinates with
  and supports other FBI units, such as the
  National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime
  (NCAVC), of the Critical Incident response Group
  (CIRG), which provides operational assistance to
  FBI field offices and law enforcement agencies.
• The BSU also offers full time unpaid internship
  opportunities to qualified students during
  spring, and fall semesters. The BSU also
  participates in the FBIs Honors Internship
  program

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NCAVC

• The National Center for the Analysis of Violent
  Crime (NCAVC) was formed June 21, 1984 and is
  located at the FBI Academy and run by the agents
  of the Behavioral Science Unit.
• The mission of the NCAVC is to coordinate
  investigative and operational support functions,
  criminological research, and training for local,
  state, federal and international law enforcement
  agencies investigating unusual or repetitive
  violent crimes (serial crimes).
• The NCAVC also provides investigative support,
  expertise, and consultation in non-violent
  matters such as national security, corruption,
  and white-collar crime investigations.
• President Regan gave it the primary mission of
  identifying and tracking repeat killers (his term
  for serial killers).

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• The NCAVC is supported by research and training
  programs (BSU). Requests for NCAVC services are
  facilitated through the NCAVC coordinators
  assigned to each FBI field office.
• The NCAVC was further divided into three
  components Behavioral Analysis Unit
  (BAU)-East/West regions Child Abduction Serial
  Murder Investigative Resources Center (CASMIRC)
  and Violent Criminal Apprehension Program
  (VICAP).

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• The Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) mission is to
  provide behavioral based investigative and
  operational support by applying research,
  training, case experience, and training to
  complex and time-sensitive crimes usually
  involving acts or threats of violence. The
  program areas addressed include Crimes against
  children, Crimes against Adults, Communicated
  Threats, Corruption, and Bombing and Arson
  investigations.
• The BAU assistance is requested through the
  network of field NCAVC coordinators. BAU
  services are provided during on-site case
  consultations, telephone conference calls, and/or
  consultations held at the BAU with case
  investigators.

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• BAU assistance is provided through the process of
  criminal investigative analysis.
• Criminal investigative analysis is the process
  of reviewing crimes from both a behavioral and
  investigative perspective. It involves reviewing
  and assessing the facts of a criminal act,
  interpreting offender behavior, and interaction
  with the victim, as exhibited during the
  commission of the crime, or as displayed in the
  crime scene.
• BAU staff conducts analyses of crimes for the
  purpose of providing one or more of the following
  services crime analysis, investigative
  suggestions, and profiles of unknown offenders,
  threat analysis, critical incident analysis,
  interview strategies, major case management,
  search warrant assistance, prosecutive/trial
  strategies, and expert testimony.
• The BAU also maintains a reference file on
  experts in various forensic disciplines such as
  odontology, anthropology, entomology, or
  pathology.

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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge
• The investigator should have a minimum of a
  bachelors degree preferably in criminal justice,
  sociology, criminology, or psychology.
• Knowledge in investigation, law, and the criminal
  justice system
• The investigator should have at least five years
  experience, with a law enforcement agency
  principally in the investigation of major crimes,
  interpersonal violence including homicide or
  sexual assault.
• Be computer literate and able to use excel,
  office, and access
• Be mathematically competent

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• Skills
• Have demonstrated above average oral and written
  communication skills
• Have a superior level of investigative skill in
  the above investigative areas
• Have a documented high level of interpersonal
  skills
• Have an Outstanding record
• Have a documented amplitude for thoroughness in
  conducting complex investigation
• Demonstrated a proficiency in public speaking and
  presenting
• Demonstrated court room experience such as
  testimony
• Demonstrated search warrant experience
• Have a demonstrated ability to write reports

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• Abilities
• Pass an oral review
• Pass an written examination
• Be in good physical condition and pass a physical
  test
• Pass a psychological evaluation
• Pass a background investigation
• Ability to work with outside private and law
  enforcement agencies
• Ability to dedicate long hours to academic
  pursuits as required
• Have an ability to master the basics of
  probability and statistics
• Have the ability to learn psychological and
  geographical concepts and techniques
• Have the ability to learn criminal analysis
  techniques
• Ability to grasp abstract concepts and complex
  scenarios
• Agree to remain on profiling duties, on a
  full-time basis for at least 5 years following
  training
• Have a high level of credibility in the law
  enforcement community, especially within
  investigative units outside and within their
  agency

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Needs Analysis

• The needs analysis section will weigh the
  advantages and disadvantages of having a
  profiling unit at the individual, department, and
  community level.
• Individual Officer
• Advantages
• Good pay
• Recognition
• Promotion potential
• Training
• Excitement
• Training
• Self-fulfillment
• Disadvantages
• Extremely challenging
• Interferes with personal life
• Danger
• Stress

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• Department
• Advantages
• Frees up investigators and officers
• Increase in training
• Public relations
• Save time and money on uncoordinated
  investigations
• Disadvantages
• Hard to find qualified individuals
• Cost
• Restructure of department
• Liability

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• Community
• Advantages
• Catch dangerous offenders
• Saves cost to citizens by reducing serial
  property crimes
• Sense of pride and security to citizens
• Saves citizens costs related to drawn out
  investigations
• Disadvantages
• Cost
• Loss of tax dollars to the program
• Start up cost

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Personnel Analysis

• Profilers require about a year of in-depth
  training, an academic background in psychology or
  another social science is helpful. However, the
  most important trait of an FBI profiler is
  extensive experience working on investigations.
  The initial BSU staff handpicked agents that
  seemed to have a knack for behavioral analysis.
  When asked what traits a profiler should possess,
  former BSU agent Roy Hazelwood said Common
  sense. Another term for that is practical
  intelligence. An open mind- you have to be able
  to accept other peoples suggestions. Number
  three is life experience. Number four is an
  ability to isolate your personal feelings about
  the crime, the criminal and the victim. Number
  five would be an ability to think like the
  offender thinks not get into his mind. All you
  have to do is reason like he does. You dont
  have to get into his mind.
• Once an agent is selected into one of the
  behavioral analysis units, they go through a
  16-week class classroom-based program, taught by
  both agents and outside professionals. Hilts
  says, We try to start with a basic foundation of
  psychology and then go to specifics. By the last
  several weeks, we get into the specialties of
  specific types of crimes.

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• The coursework involves subjects such as
• Basic psychology
• Criminal psychology
• Forensic science
• Body recovery
• Criminal Investigative Analysis
• Death Investigation
• Threat assessment
• Statement/document analysis
• Crimes against children
• Child abduction and homicide
• Sexual victimization of children/Internet issues
• Interview and interrogation procedures
• Serial murder

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Cost Analysis

• The estimated initial cost of the unit would be
  an approximately 5.09 million dollars. The
  estimated cost would include
• training (500,000)
• Computer Equipment (250,000)
• Office equipment (200,000)
• consultants (100,000)
• Vehicles (585,000)
• office space (300,000)
• other equipment (200,000)
• initial salaries (1.74 Million)
• Total 5.09 Million
• The estimated recurrent costs would be about
  2.74 million dollars. This would consist of
  maintenance and office supplies (1 million), and
  Salaries (1.74 Million). The estimated salaries
  are as follows
• Unit chief (150,000)
• Forensic Psychologist (100,000)
• Technical Information Specialist (70,000)
• Management Analyst (50,000)
• Investigators (85,000)
• Crime Analyst (50,000)
• Technician (45,000)
• Secretary (35,000)

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History

• History
• When the Behavioral Science Unit was opened in
  1972, it was initially formed with eleven agents,
  and Jack Kirsch was their first official chief.
  The initial BSU staff handpicked agents that
  seemed to have a knack for behavioral analysis.
  By 1977 the unit had a three-pronged purpose
  crime scene analysis, profiling, and analysis of
  threatening letters. The Behavioral Science
  Unit, which was part of the Training Division,
  became the Behavioral Science Investigative
  Support Unit. Then in 1994, The Critical
  Incident Response Group (CIRG) integrated the
  FBIs crisis management, behavioral, and tactical
  resources into one entity. The unit again
  changed its name to the Investigative Support
  Unit. During this time the Director of the FBI
  created the Child Abduction and Serial Killer
  Unit. So the unit had several multiple operation
  units which were the Profiling and Behavioral
  Assessment Unit, Child Abduction Unit, and the
  Serial Killer Unit. Three years later it became
  the Behavioral Analysis Unit, East and West. The
  units were divided geographically east and west
  of the Mississippi River. In 1999, based on the
  Protection of Children from Sexual Predators Act
  of 1998, the FBI received mandates for crimes
  against children and serial murder, and the
  creation of the Child Abduction and Serial Murder
  Investigative Resource Center (CASMIRC). For a
  while, CISMIRC was a training and research entity
  supporting the BAU East and West.

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History Cont.

• Then after 9/11 the BAU started to get more
  involved in counter-terrorism responsibilities.
  So they restructured once again. Today, the BAU
  is divided into Behavioral Analysis Unit 1
  counter-terrorism and threat assessment,
  Behavior Analysis Unit 2 crimes against adults,
  Behavioral Analysis Unit 3 crimes against
  children and the VICAP unit, which was separate
  from the Profiling and Behavioral Assessment Unit
  for a few years before the restructure. The BAU
  decided to restructure itself by crime problem
  rather than geographically, that way they can
  have a concentration of personnel in each unit
  that has specialized training and experience in
  their areas of responsibility. The BAU moved out
  of the Academy in 1997. Eventually the NCAVC and
  CIRG were moved to the same area as the BAU. For
  awhile the BSU did not exist like it did in 1972,
  but eventually the Training Division recreated
  the Behavioral Science Unit. The BAU
  collaborates with the BSU on research and
  training matters. But the BSU is primarily
  involved in training and research mostly at the
  National Academy level and are not operationally
  involved in the cases as the BAU is this has
  became a source of confusion because that is the
  name of the program where all of these programs
  all started from.

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• The End