In this course you will learn about understanding criminal behaviour - the causes of offending, its effect and the ways in which society defines, understands and responds to violent crime and offenders. You will develop an understanding of crime through the lens of offenders. You will be introduced to a range of serious violent crimes such as homicide, serial killing, intimate partner homicide, sexual offending and domestic violence and learn about offender profiling and crime scene analysis. You will consider the intersections between gender, age, race and social class and the issues and challenges faced in understanding criminal behaviour. In this course, you will explore and seek to theoretically explain the causes, assessment and treatment of criminal behaviour, violence prediction and risk assessment and the way the criminal justice system responds to serious violent offenders.