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 The NCA VC Training Program A Commitment to Law Enforcement

By

ROBERT R. HAZELWOOD, M.S.

Special Agent/Program Manager

Training Program

Behavioral Science Instruction and Research Unit

National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime

FBI Academy Quantico, VA

The training program of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) is responsible for all education and training associated with the NCAVC. This responsibility in­cludes providing guest speakers, con­ducting specialized training for police and FBI Special Agents, and adminis­tering the NCAVC Police Fellowship in criminal personality profiling.

NCAVC educational and training efforts are directed primarily toward the law enforcement community. However, we are also interested in sharing whatever knowledge and expertise we may possess with other members of the criminal justice system and those disciplines which have historically pro­vided invaluable assistance to law enforcement (mental health, victim advocates, and various academic fields).

A Training Commitment

The NCAVC was established to provide the law enforcement commu­nity with a clearinghouse and resource center for unsolved violent crimes. It does so by collecting and analyzing violent crime data and providing December 1986 / 23