Bryan Nelson, M.S.
Experience providing assessment and treatment to individuals who have a history of problem sexual behaviors (sexual offenses, paraphilias) and other violent crimes such as murder, mayhem, arson and assault. Experience in crime behavior analysis includes consultation on cases of homicide, rape, crime scene staging, threshold assessment, false allegations, and threat assessment. I have been conducting personal research for nearly 20 years on serial homicide and the role of fantasy in the development of these offenders and the continuation of this rare cycle of violence. I have created the Fantasy Wheel© as a theoretical representation of serial homicide offenders' fantasy and the related motivation for their crimes, which I hope to develop further for crime behavior analysis use.
Editor of Deviant Crimes - A website dedicated to the study of psychological and investigative processes involved with violent crimes.
Education
Counseling Psychology and Human Services (2002)
Specialization: Marriage and Family Therapy
Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Professional Affiliations
Clinical Associate Member, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)
Member, California Coalition on Sexual Offending (CCOSO)
Affiliate Member - General, Academy of Behavioral Profiling (ABP)
Member, Forensic Mental Health Association of California (FMHAC)
Member, American Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (AACFP)
Member, Homicide Research Working Group (HRWG)
Relevant Training to Behavioral Analysis of Violent Crimes
Violent Crime Behavior I - Two week program covering such topics as: motives and behavior of violent crimes involving rape and homicide, crime scene staging, threat assessment, identification of deception, obsessive followers, collateral evidence, indirect personality assessment, and equivocal deaths.
Violent Crime Behavior II - A one week continuation of Part I, with practical exercises for participants to utilize learned concepts of criminal investigative analysis.
Criminal Profiling - Eight week course covering topics of behavioral evidence analysis, victimology, forensic evidence, crime scene analysis, offender characteristics, and ethical considerations.
Advanced Criminal Profiling - Four week course analyzing the physical and behavioral evidence of a sexual homicide case and creating a profile based upon existing evidence.
Applied Criminal Profiling - Five week course analyzing the physical and behavioral evidence in a series of rapes and developing a profile based upon the evidence provided.
Applied Criminal Profiling II - Five week course analyzing the physical and behavioral evidence in homicide investigation and developing a threshold assessment for the purposes of furthering investigative efforts.
Academy of Behavioral Profiling Annual Meeting (2007-2008) - Two day conference on offender and crime scene characteristics, motive, victimology, crime scene reconstruction and the use of the scientific method in criminal profiling.
Academy of Behavioral Profiling Practicum (2007-2008) - Two days of training utilizing case materials to assess victimology, crime scene characteristics, and offender characteristics.
Introduction to Forensic Science - Five week course covering topics of fingerprint, firearm, tool mark and trace evidence.
The Sexually Violent Offender - Two day seminar on the motivation and behaviors of sexually violent predators and investigation techniques.
Miscellaneous
Criminal Profiling as a Career - Workshop on obtaining the necessary training and experience to meet career objectives.
Relevant Training to the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual, Violent & Mentally Disordered Offenders
Violence Risk Assessment Using the HCR-20: A Scenario Planning Approach
Treatment and Management of Forensic Populations: A Pragmatic Approach
Managing Sex Offenders Effectively
Working with the Adolescent Sex Offender
Violence Risk Assessment and Management: Using the Historical-Clinical-Risk Management 20 (HCR-20)
Closure and Reunification in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Investigative Interviewing in Child Sexual Abuse
Healthy Sexuality of Children
Juvenile Sex Offenders: Characteristics, Assessment and Treatment
Overview of Child Sexual Abuse
Sexual Assault Counselor Training
Criminal Offenders with Coexisting Disorders
Understanding Sexual Offenders
For more information, please contact Bryan Nelson
Signature Crime Behavior Analysis, Inc.
P.O. Box 414
Davis, CA 95617
(530) 574-8023