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Latest Updates Dates Set for Violent Crime Behavior Courses Dates have been set for the 2010 running of AGI's prestigious Violent Crime Behavior courses.  VCB I, a two-week course, will be held June 7 - 18.  VCB II, a one-week, hands-on, workshop-style course, will be held July 19 - 22.  Both courses are held in Manassas, Virginia.  More   Napier Book Slated for Publication in May 2010 In his book, Behavior, Truth, and Deception (publication May 2010), AGI practitioner Mike Napier introduces Targeted Subject Interviewing. This  behavioral approach to the interview process uses the offender’s own criminal behavior to construct an appeal to his thinking that will lead him to recognize the benefit of providing information to the interviewer.  This reference book is aimed at the working investigator. More    Sackman Testifies in “Angel of Death” Case AGI associate Bruce Sackman, a nationally-recognized “Angel of Death” expert, provided expert testimony for the defendant, Nocona General Hospital, in Ft. Worth, Texas. The families of the victims of convicted medical serial killer Vickie Dawn Jackson were attempting to prove negligence on the part of the hospital for Jackson’s actions. Sackman’s testimony was instrumental in proving the claim was baseless.  Lawyer Linda R. Maloney stated that Sackman “was extremely helpful and professional and played a key role in the resolution of this matter. [His] assistance is greatly appreciated.”    New AGI Associates ~ Natalie Schilling and Jim Clemente AGI is proud to announce two new associates who have joined our ranks.   Natalie Schilling is an internationally-recognized linguist and Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is currently conducting research in authorial attribution and author profiling, bringing scientific rigor to these areas vital to forensic linguistics. Schilling was a regular instructor in the FBI’s Forensic Linguistic Workshop for Law Enforcement Practitioners and is co-author of a definitive textbook, American English, and co-editor of the authoritative Handbook of Language Variation and Change.    Jim Clemente retired in October 2009 after 22 years with the FBI. The last eleven years he was a Supervisory Special Agent in the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. Clemente is qualified as an expert witness in the areas of child sex offender behavior, child sexual victimization, and child pornography. Prior to joining the FBI, Clemente headed the Child Sex Crimes Prosecution Team for the New York City Law Department.   Norfolk 4 Pardoned On August 6, 2009, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine freed three men who had been imprisoned for 11 years for a brutal crime of rape and murder that they did not commit. At the request of defense counsel, AGI practitioner Larry McCann reconstructed the crime scene in 2005 and became convinced that the four men, known as the Norfolk 4, were innocent. Click here to continue.   Fitzgerald Aids in Murder Conviction AGI practitioner Jim Fitzgerald consulted with the Syracuse, New York, prosecutor's office in the successful prosection of Stacey Castor for the murder of her husband. Click here to continue.