PSYCHOLOGY / 6-8 HOURS
Criminal minds: evidence over myth
Study how crime stories are explained, why profiling is limited, and how evidence and bias shape a case.
- You'll make
- A sourced case-analysis board that separates facts, theories, and unknowns.
- You'll need
- Notebook and a fictional or publicly documented historical case
Course plan
- Choose an ethical case
- Build an evidence timeline
- Separate evidence and inference
- Understand base rates
- Question offender stereotypes
- Examine opportunity and context
- Watch investigative bias
- Treat interviews carefully
- Evaluate profiling claims
- Present a responsible analysis
The project guide or first step is free. Full lessons, saved progress and skill XP require Quest Plus membership.
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