HILLAKER INVESTIGATIONS
PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, CONSULTANTS AND EDUCATORS IN THE FIELD OF INVESTIGATIONAL METHODS
"When You Need To Know For Sure"
FREDERIC L. HILLAKER MA CMI
P.O. BOX 154
AKRON, MI 48701
PHONE 1-517-691-5576
FAX 1-517-691-5576 *51
E-Mail forensic101@earthlink.net
FORENSIC BEHAVIORAL INVESTIGATIONAL METHODS
COURSE(S) AND SEMINAR(S) SYLLABUS
Delta College and Hillaker Investigations
University Center Michigan 48710
Instructor; Fredric L. Hillaker MA CMI
Title "Seminar In Forensic Investigational Methods"
Copyrighted 1998, 1999, 2000; Hillaker Investigations.
Lecture Focus- Forensic Behavioral Investigations (psy ops) and on Investigative Field Operations (field ops).
Target Audience- Human Resources Professionals, Social Workers, Private Investigators,
Criminal Defense Attorneys, Police Officers, Probation and Parole Officers, Family
Independence Agency Professionals, Criminal Justice College Students, Lay People, Other
Professionals who Investigate or Interview People.
Teaching Methodologies- Lecture, discussion; case studies, investigative theory and
examples; critiques, guest speakers, overheads, video-tapes, photographs, humor.
Course Objectives- The purpose of this course is to give students practical and theoretical
knowledge about Investigative
Forensic Operations and Methods. Upon completion of this
course/seminar the student will have:
1) Knowledge of legal and ethical issues that impact the investigative process.
2) Knowledge of client's rights regarding confidentiality and duty to warn and protect.
3) Examined rudimentary and advanced investigational field operations.
4) Explored beginning and advanced psychological investigation methodology.
5) Reviewed forensic interviewing protocols.
6) Examination of the consultation process and professionalism.
7) Examination of previous and current legal cases wherein children and adults are witnesses.
8) Examination of case intake, factorial study and chronological continuum; investigative
theory continuum, the investigative continuum. (Mitchell)
*Caveat- The seminar(s) or course(s) may be divided into individual or multiple lectures
to meet the needs of the requesting group.
"INVESTIGATIVE FORENSIC BEHAVIORAL METHODS"
Seminar Description-The seminar is designed for professionals or persons who have an interest in Forensic Behavioral Science and who are interested in learning Forensic Behavioral Investigational Methods. The primary teaching focus is Forensic Behavioral Investigational methods with emphasis on investigational field and psychological operations. The primary teaching focus is to apply forensic behavioral methods to field and psychological operations. The seminar is designed to teach investigators how to utilize psychological measures to evaluate their investigative progress.
Scheduled Lecture Itinerary
Lecture 1- Introduction to Forensic Behavioral Investigational Methods;
Introduction of Students and their interests in Forensic Behavioral Investigational Methods;
Video-tape
Definition and purpose of a Forensic Behavioral Investigation
"Scientific Through Inquiry" ...Art or Science ...Myth or Fact?
Comparison of Past and Present Investigational Methods
Lecture 2- Equipment used by investigators and why; Video-tape.
Lecture 3- Investigational Methods of Field Operations, "Tools Of The Trade"; "Intelligence Gathering - Reading Your Case", investigative Gestalt Theory.
Lecture 4-"The Investigators Scientific Investigative Method"; "Tools Of The Trade" used in combination with "The Investigators Scientific Method"; Investigative Gestalt Theory.
Lecture 4a- Case Intake, Investigative Gestalt Theory; Case Factorial Chronological Continuum, Investigational Continuum (Investigative Progress) including (Investigative Theory Continuum).
"Don't assume anything, your job as investigators is to "..Gestalt the behavioral data of that case [make things clear]... and have new eyes". (Hillaker, 1999; Mitchell, 1999).
RE: People v. Davis
Lecture 5- Computers as an Investigative Tool, "What's Legal and What's Not"; Investigational Ethics.
Lecture 6- Skip Tracing; Missing Persons; Neighborhood Profiling; "In House (computers, telephone contact [false pretense] and FOIA vs. Manual Skip Tracing".
Lecture 7- Surveillance (covert and overt); Stationary, Mobile, On Foot And By Telephone [false pretensing]; Terms; The Law; Surveillance video-tape.
Lecture 8- Surveillance con't.; Surveillance scenarios examined; Surveillance video-tape; Student will examine a surveillance van if available.
Lecture 9- Investigative Evidence and Criminal Procedure; Michigan Rules of Evidence, "What's Admissible and What's not"; Freedom of Information, It's Uses in Investigational Methods.
Lecture 10- Behavioral Interviews, Recorded Statements, Investigative General Durable Power Of Attorneys, Comparative and Combined Liability Reports, Sworn Affidavits, Behavioral Profiles, Video-taped Interviews, Behavioral Reports, Investigative Activity Logs, Investigative Surveillance Logs, Notes, Photo Logs,
Video-taped Interviews as Demonstrative Evidence.
Lecture 11- "The Scientific Analysis of Children and Adult Statements and Testimony; Perspectives On Witness Tainting: Rethinking Previous And Current Forensic Social Phsychological Behavioral Legal Cases", The Myth, The Science and The Law.
RE: People vs. Davis
Witness Tainting Historical Theorists; Witness Tainting Theory - Memory and its components, "Encoding, Storage, Retrieval; Memory Graph"
Implications in Investigational Forensic Behavioral Science.
Lecture 12-
Children as Witnesses.
Adults as Witnesses.
Case Examples People v. Michael's and People v. Ingram.
Lecture 13- "Forensic Behavioral Interviewing"
Protocols (FIP)
The interviewer should be "Hypotheses Testing rather than Hypotheses Confirming"
"Court Room Work Group Social Contagion Theory"
(Hillaker, 1997)
Lecture 14- People v. Davis a "Scientific Behavioral Ethnological and Case Study of Family Dynamics in a Criminal Sexual Conduct Case". (Hillaker, 1994/1999)
Lecture 15-
Conclusion:
People v. Davis, Review
The Mistaken Driver Witness that became a "Voluntary Tainted Witness".
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