Dr. Godwin is a former police officer in the State of North Carolina. He received his Associate's degree from Vance-Granville Community College, a Bachelor's degree from Trevecca Nazarene University, a Master’s Degree from Indiana State University, and his Ph.D. from The University of Liverpool in England. He has worked as a consultant to police and attorneys in crime scene assessment, developing psychological and geographical profiles. Dr. Godwin has lectured in the United States and Europe on serial murder and criminal investigative analysis.

Dr. Godwin is the author of numerous books and academic articles on profiling, serial murder, and crime scene investigations. He is a certified board member of United States Association of Professional Investigators (USAPI).

Dr. Godwin offers diverse criminal investigative and trial consultant services using powerful multimedia presentations. His past expert testimony has yielded positive results. In the death penalty case of NJ vs. Steve Fortin his testimony for the defense on the unreliability of the FBI’s VICAP program kept VICAP from being introduced as evidence to show similarities between crimes. Dr. Godwin’s geographical profile in the Dru Sjodin abduction/murder case in North Dakota assisted searchers in locating her body.

What Others Are Saying

“It takes a hell of a man to risk your professional reputation by attempting to apply a science in a manner which has never been tried before. Hopefully, you will be able to refine it even more and this will become a standard tool in missing person cases in the future. It’s amazing to have come within a mile of Dru Sjodin’s body considering the absolutely vast area of 3,000 square miles, the scarcity of data, and using the Predator system in a previously untried way. Success can only be achieved if you are willing to actually try, and some are ‘more’ willing than others.”

 Robert  Heales

Private Investigator

R.A. Heales & Associates

"Geographic Profiling is an invaluable tool.The professional investigator need to look no further than Dr. Maurice Godwin.”

Warren J. Sonne

New York City Det. (Retired)

NJ State v. Steven Fortin (A-112-2005)

Expert testimony by Dr. Godwin against allowing the FBI's VICAP system to be used in court to show similarities between crimes was up held by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Click > Read decision here (PDF file)