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Forensic science is best described as an applied amalgam of both the physical and behavioral sciences. Approaches, tools, and techniques of case resolution become truly interdisciplinary. It is this eclectic and novel nature of the practice of forensic science that gives it such tremendous utility, and also appeals to the intellectual curiosity of those drawn to the profession. —Michael A. Lytle, res ipsa observation, director, Forensic Investigation Program, University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, and founding faculty member, Forensic Science Program, Marymount University The crime scene has its cast of participants: the perpetrator brings deception and violence, his or her victim brings life and likely losses it, and forensic investigative scientists bring skill, academic preparation, and interdisciplinary training. Forensic investigate science is the science of crime scenes . —Don Jacobs (2010), res ipsa observation, author and creator of the FORS rubric of forensic science labs GROWTH OF A SCIENCE Since 2004, as a professor of psychology, I have been immersed in the voluminous literature related to our modern understanding of spectrum psychopathy . When I applied elements of modern evolutionary development from genetics (collectively known as Evo-Devo) to advances in evolutionary psychology, characteristics of my new paradigm begin to 8 Analyzing Criminal Minds fi t modern forensic investigative science like a glove. Authoring several textbooks related to forensic psychology helped to fi ll in the gaps that would go beyond the creation of three forensic science labs to insights that would become my Brainmarks Paradigm of Adaptive Neuropsychopathy soon to be addressed. In addition to making various conference presentations, often as keynote speaker, I authored numerous college textbooks as well as the widely popular FORS rubric of academic transfer courses. Three forensic science labs of the FORS rubric—FORS 2440, FORS 2450, and FORS 2460—offer college students a science-based and technologyrich interdisciplinary curricula with seamless academic transfer leading to bachelor ’ s, master ’ s, and doctoral degrees in university studies. It is my hope that students receive 21st-century training through interdisciplinary forensic investigative sciences— the focus of this book.