Primarily, Dr. Brent Turvey works Major Case. This is defined by most law enforcement agencies as any investigation involving death, sexual violence, or multiple victimization. However, it is also a reference to crimes requiring significant investigative effort, multi-jurisdictional coordination, or intense public interest.
Since 1996, Dr. Turvey has performed casework as a Forensic Scientist, Crime Scene Analyst, Crime Reconstructionist, Forensic Criminologist, and /or Criminal Profiler for law enforcement agencies (police and prosecutors), attorney clients, and Government / NGOs all over the world. This includes cases consultations, forensic assessments, investigative and forensic protocol development, teaching, and expert testimony in both criminal and civil matters.
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Dr. Turvey´s casework tends to involve sexual assault, false allegations, shooting incident reconstructions, serial rapes and serial homicides, mass homicides (3+ victims), sexual homicides (aka femicides), domestic homicides, staged crime scenes, human trafficking, racial profiling, and other violent crime related issues.
Currently, Dr. Turvey is also the Senior Forensic Advisor to the Dubai Police Criminal Profiling Unit, housed within their Department of Forensic Science & Criminology located in Dubai, UAE.
Dr. Turvey has also maintained a caseload of femicides (e.g., sexual homicides, gender motivated domestic homicides), pre-femicidal violence, trafficking, and human rights cases in Latin America. Many of these are related to drug trafficking and / or human trafficking. Generally, they involve the implementation of the UN Model Protocol for Femicide Investigation in Latin America, with The Forensic Criminology Institute’s Behavioral Science Lab (BSL). In operation since 2019, the BSL has collaborated with United States Agency for International Development (USAID), JAVA (Mex), The United Nations, and The Attorney Generals Office in Bogota DC, providing support and training to attorneys and investigators.
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He is also the author or co-author of more than 20 authoritative textbooks on these and related subjects, used in College and University Programs around the world.