Expert Services

	Crime Scene Reconstruction
	Network Analysis
	Cross-Examination Preparation
	Threat Assessment
	Serial Crimes
	Determining if Crimes are Linked
	Equivocal Deaths
	Stalking
	Analysis of Detectives’ Decision-making
	Criminal Investigations
	Geographical Profiling
	Victimology
	Cold Case Investigations
	Medico-Legal Death Investigations

Sample of Clients

	Friendswood Police Department, Friendswood, TX—Laura Smithers’ murder case
	Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, Topeka, KS—John Robinson’s serial murder trial
	New Jersey Office of Public Defender Capital Litigation Unit—Steve Fortin’s murder trial
	Hyde & Gomer, Attorneys at Law, Liberty Mutual Insurance—Garman vs. Foote Action, rape trial, Florida
	Blackfoot Police Department, Blackfoot, Idaho—Unsolved double murder case

Methods

	Statistical Analysis
	Network analysis to trace where and how information moves and to whom it is connected.
	Geographical Profiling using a computer based system called Predator.
	Applied Behavioral Analysis
	Analysis of Victim/Offender Interaction - Victim Targeting Networks

Q&A

Do analytical fallacies plague crime scene investigators?

Most definitely. Deductive assumptions are made everyday at crime scenes. Often investigators, prior to a thorough investigation, make a presumption of guilt about a suspect, which thereafter guides the way he/she investigates the crime scene and collects physical evidence. Godwin Forensic Consultancy can conduct a detailed examination of the crime scene and police reports to look for any mental errors and assumptions made by investigators. A myopic view could lead to evidence being overlooked, which may exonerate a defendant.

What are equivocal deaths? How are equivocal deaths investigated?

Equivocal deaths are deaths where it’s hard to determine if the cause of death was suicide or homicide. Dr. Godwin employs the use of a psychological autopsy, which examines every detail of the victim’s life in a systematic manner. In cases where a letter is left, an analysis of the letter is carried out.

Why does criminal profilers’ testimony have such power to corrupt the jury?

There are many evidential concerns about profilers’ opinions being based on hearsay and armchair speculation. Such prejudicial information should be kept out of the prosecution’s evidence.

Dr. Godwin is a criminal and geographical profiler who has accurately profiled the Washington, DC sniper case plus many more serial cases. Dr. Godwin's official title is Investigative Psychologist. He has appeared on numerous national TV shows such as Hardball, Connie Chung, Fox News Live, MSNBC, CNN, and Geraldo Rivera. He can definitely set the record straight about the origins of geographical profiling. Dr. Godwin's unique experience of coming from a small rural town in North Carolina to a beat cop, then obtaining a Ph.D., eventually to a world expert in psychological and geographical profiling makes a most interesting story.

Dr. Maurice Godwin is available for all types of media interviews or consultant work.

Dr. Godwin's expertise and scientific research in areas of psychology, criminal behavior, and criminology distinctly sets him apart from the vast number of forensic, clinical, and
psychological consultants who rely on intuitive based opinions.

Dr. Godwin provides an array of professional opinions on topics such as behavioral analysis of crime scenes, assessing the dangerousness of offenders, psychological profiles, equivocal deaths, and geographical profiles. He can also assist writers in debunking current criminal profiling techniques. His book, Hunting Serial Predators, is the first and only publication that deals a direct blow to the current FBI criminal profiling techniques.