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Criminology for Beginners!

Criminology for Beginners!

By: Frank Paul E.
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 "Criminology for Beginners" is your criminology podcast that explains the fundamentals of the subject with one episode per week.


Nowadays we hear very often about criminology, serial killers and heinous murders. We hear about them on the news, cinema, literature, video games; the serial murderer has now polarized a good part of the media expression. Who has never heard of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, or Dexter Morgan?

And who has never seen an episode of CSI?

But how much truth is there? How do serial killers act? How do they choose their victims? And why do they kill? Do investigation techniques really work as we see in TV shows? These questions find their answers in this podcast, perfect for anyone who wants to approach the study of this discipline. The first six episodes deal with the origins of criminology, the analysis of the different categories of serial killers and the numerous investigation techniques used during the crime scene analysis.

The remaining four epidode focus on the analysis of the phenomenon of satanic sects:the mental manipulation techniques used by sects, how they choose their victims and their influence on society and young people.

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Episodes
  • Murder & Criminology

    Murder & Criminology
    Mar 10 2025
    Murder and criminology

    “One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. Numbers sanctify.”
    SIR CHARLES CHAPLIN

    When investigating a murder case, you must have at least one of the following to find the culprit:

    1. a (spontaneous) confession;
    2. a witness (direct/de relato);
    3. a material proof (depending on the categories of law).

    To identify witnesses and evidence, investigators follow a path that includes the study of the characteristics of the perpetrator (criminal profiling), the victim (victimology) and the analysis of the crime scene. Particular attention must be paid to the study of the victims, who can provide a lot of useful information to understand the murderer's psychology.

    The majority of the murders are committed due to a motive that we can define as "trivial" (jealousy, revenge, economic interest). In these cases, the motive leaps "immediately to the eye" of the investigator and directs him in the investigation towards a suspect who has some kind of relationship with the victim. Instead, in a serial murder case, we are faced with a type of motivation internal to the subject that kills, a psychological pleasure that, at least in the first phase, does not translate into evident material traces to be "found" on the crime scene.
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    36 mins
  • Was criminology born in Europe? 🌍❓

    Was criminology born in Europe? 🌍❓
    Feb 18 2025
    It is with great pleasure that I write these few lines of introduction to this work.

    A pleasure that derives from the deep interest that I have for criminology, which I have been studying for some time. Nowadays we hear very often about criminology, serial killers and heinous murders. We hear about them on the news, cinema, literature, video games; the serial murderer has now polarized a good part of the media expression.

    Who has never heard of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, or Dexter Morgan? And who has never seen an episode of CSI? But how much truth is there in what we see? How do serial killers act? How do they choose their victims? And why do they kill? Do investigation techniques really work as we see in TV shows?

    These questions find their answers in this book, perfect for anyone who wants to approach the study of this discipline. The first six chapters deal with the origins of criminology, the analysis of the different categories of serial killers and the numerous investigation techniques used during the crime scene analysis.

    The remaining four chapters focus on the analysis of the phenomenon of satanic sects: here we study the mental manipulation techniques used by sects; also, we’ll study their victims and their influence on society and young people.
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    28 mins
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