Resume

Dr. Godwin's Brief Resume

Criminal Investigative, Forensic Science and Behavioral Science Consultant, Fayetteville, NC, 1998 to Present – President of Godwin Trial & Forensic Consultancy, Inc.

Education

PhD Psychology with a concentration in investigative psychology

University of Liverpool, Institute for Investigative Psychology, Liverpool, England, 1994-1998 British Psychological Society (BPS) Approved Program and Recognized by the American Psychological Association (APA), Degree completed at main campus in Liverpool, England

Dissertation: Inner Themes-Outer Behaviors: A Multivariate Model of U.S. Serial Killers’ Crime Scene Actions

MS Forensic Science

Master's Degree in Forensic Science, University of Florida, (2015 - one course short)

M.S., Criminology

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, 1994

B.S., Behavioral Science

Minor, Criminal Justice, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN, 1993

A.S., Criminal Justice Technology

Vance-Granville Community College, Henderson, NC, 1985

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sample of Clients

U.S. Army Trial Defense Service
State of Florida
New Jersey Capital Litigation Unit
Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit
Behavioral reconstructive analysis of crime scenes
Equivocal case analysis
Victimology
Geographical Profiling

Law Enforcement and Investigative Training

Blood Distribution and Spatter Analysis Training (2 month course), University of Florida, 2013
Death Investigations I and II – University of Flordia 2013-14
Principles of Forensic Science – University of Florida 2013
Principles and thought processes of crime scene investigation, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 2011
Forensic Fingerprint Analysis Basics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 2010

Death investigations, Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2006
Death investigations, Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, Richmond, VA, 2005
ForensicEntomology and Death Investigations, Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine, , Richmond, VA, 2004

Examined 300 solved serial murders’ case files during my Ph.D. research, 1995, 1996
Introduction to VICAP, Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN), Newton County Sheriff’s Department, 1994
Investigating Serial Murder, Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN), Newton County Sheriff’s Department, 1994
Specialized Training in Criminal Investigations, Henderson Police Training Academy, , Henderson, NC (22 hours), 1987
Police Information Network Computer Training, Butner Public Safety, North Carolina,Butner, NC (12 hours), 1987
Chemical Tests for Alcohol Operator, North Carolina Highway State Patrol, Henderson, NC, (48 hours), 1986
Criminal Investigations I and II, North Carolina Police Academy, Henderson, NC, 1986
Special Law Enforcement Certification, North Carolina Police Academy, Henderson, NC, 1986
Court Procedures and Evidence, North Carolina Police Academy, Henderson, NC, 1986
Patrol Operations, Vance-Granville Community College, Henderson, NC, (9 hours), 1986
Firearms, Vance-Granville Community College, Henderson, NC, (8 hours), 1986
Law Enforcement Basic Police Recruit Training, State of North Carolina Department of Criminal Justice Training Standards, Henderson Police Training Academy, Henderson, NC, (300 hours), 1985
>Fingerprinting Law, Submission of Fingerprints, and how to take legible inked impression, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, (4 hours), 1985

academic honors and awards

University of Liverpool international scholarship, 1994
Indiana State University academic scholarship, 1993
Alpha Phi Sigma, National Criminal Justice Honor Society, 1993
North Carolina Sheriff’s Association Scholarship, 1984

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Hunting Serial Predators 2nd Edition, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008 (3rd Edition in the works)
Tracker: Hunting down serial killers, Running Press, 2005
Slave Master, True murder story of internet serial killer John Robinson in Kansas, coauthored
with Sue Wiltz, Pinnacle, 2004
Criminal Psychology and Forensic Technology, Editor, CRC Press, 2001
Hunting Serial Predators: A multivariate approach to profiling violent behavior, CRC
Press, Sept. 1999
Inner Themes-Outer Behaviors: A Multivariate Model of U.S. Serial Killers’ Crime
Scene Actions, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Liverpool, 1998

BOOK CHAPTERS

Criminal Profiling, Edited by Irving B. Weiner and W. Edward Craighead, The Corsini
Encyclopedia of Psychology, John Wiley & Sons, 2010
A Multivariate Analysis of Serial Killers Crime Scene Actions, Edited by Montet, L.,
Profileurs: Spėcialisation ou professionnalisation? Presses Universitaries de France,
March 2002
Geographical Profiling, Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Edited by Siegel, J., Knupfer,
G. and Saukko, P., Academic Press, 2000

PRESENTATIONS

Johnston Community College, Presentation on Criminal Profiling, Serial Murder and Crime Scene Analysis, October 2014
Beaufort Community College, Presentation on Criminal Profiling, Serial Murder and Crime Scene Analysis, September 2013
Johnston Community College, Presentation on Criminal Profiling, Serial Murder and Crime Scene Analysis, March 2013
North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA, Forensic Symposium, Tracking the predator, March 2012, Guess Speaker
North Carolina Missing Persons Conference, Wilmington, NC, 2007, Guest Speaker
North Carolina Missing Persons Conference, Wilmington, NC, 2006, Guest Speaker
North Carolina Missing Persons Conference, Wilmington, NC, 2005, Guest Speaker
United States Association of Professional Investigators 1st Annual Conference, Las Vegas, 2005, Guest Speaker
Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine 5th Annual Conference, 2004, Las Vegas, Guest Speaker
International Criminal Profiling Conference, University Pantheon-Asas – Paris, France, 2002, Guest Speaker
International Association of Law Enforcement Planners Training Conference, Daytona Beach, Florida, Geographical Profiling of Serial Killers, 1998, Guest Speaker
Michigan State University, Lansing, MI., 1st Annual Serial/Predator Murder Conference, Profiling the serial murderer John Williams: An Investigative Process Management Approach, 1998, Guest Speaker
North Carolina Police Training Academy, Salemburg, NC, A Facet Model of serial murderers’ crime scene actions: Developments in offender profiling, Guest speaker,
North Carolina Spring Criminal Justice Conference, 1998
Vance Granville Community College, Henderson, NC, Profiling the serial murderer, Guest speaker, 1998
University College Dublin and Dublin Castle, The spatial behavior of US serial killers and victim targeting networks, World Congress on Violence and Human Co-Existence,1997
University of Liverpool, Annual Facet Theory Conference, Encounter and death:
Modeling the spatial behavior of US serial killers using smallest space analysis, 1997,
Leeds University, England, The Spatial Behavior of US Serial Killer and the
Investigative Process, 1st Annual Geo-Computational Conference, 1996
Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, The Serial Rapist, 1994