Mindhunters: Tactical Offender Psychology for Investigators and Prosecutors
Understanding offender psychology is essential to recognizing, investigating, and proving child sexual abuse. Mindhunters gives professionals practical insight into cognitive distortions, risk indicators, and grooming behaviors—and shows how these dynamics can drive stronger investigations, interviews, and expert testimony.
Suggested Audience: Law enforcement and prosecutors, with some value for other MDT members
Full Description: Understanding offender psychology is critical to recognizing, investigating, and proving child sexual abuse. Mindhunters equips prosecutors, law enforcement, and child protection professionals with actionable insights into cognitive distortions, risk indicators, and red flag grooming behaviors in both online and offline offense scenarios. Participants will explore how these psychological dynamics inform investigative strategies, interviews, and expert witness testimony, turning complex offender behavior into clear, compelling evidence for courts and multidisciplinary teams.
Learning Objectives:
Summarize key findings from the psychological literature on child sexual abuse offenders.
Recognize red‑flag grooming behaviors and their investigative significance.
Leverage offender psychology to inform interviews, case strategies, and team decision‑making.
Incorporate expert witness testimony on grooming behaviors to strengthen prosecutions and educate factfinders.
Speaker(s): Robert Peters and/or Dr. Timothy Saar