Eric Hickey, PhD

Specialties and Interests | Courses Taught | Research: Publications and Presentations | Professional Activities | Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Honors | Professional and Honorary Memberships

Specialties and Interests

• Serial Murder
• Stalking and stalkers
• Paraphilia 

Courses Taught

• Criminal Psychology
• Sex Crimes
• Serial & Mass Murder
• Patterns in Homicide
• Criminological Theory
• Victimology
• Criminal Personalities
• Institutional Corrections
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Research Methods 

Research: Publications and Presentations

• The Myth of A Psychiatric Crime Wave: Public Perception, Juror Research and Mental Illness. Corey Vitello, co-author. Carolina Academic Press, Durham, North Carolina, (2006). 250 pgs.
• Sex Crimes and Paraphilia. Editor, Prentice-Hall Publisher, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. (2006). 550 pgs.
• Serial Murderers and Their Victims, 4th Edition, Thomson/Wadsworth Publishing Company (ITP), Belmont, California. (2006). 396 pgs.
• Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime. Editor, Sage Publishers, Thousand Oaks, CA. (2003) 550 pgs.
• Controversial Issues in Criminology, Allyn and Bacon Publishers, Boston, MA, Co-editor: Dr. John Fuller. (1999). 256 pgs.

Book Chapters

• “Cultural Development of Monsters, Demons, and Evil” in Violence and Society: A reader, edited by Matthew Silberman, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishers, 2003.
• "An Interview With A Serial Murderer" in In Their Own Words: Criminals On Crime, edited by Paul Cromwell, Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishers, 2002.
• "Female Serial Murderesses: Constructing Differentiating Typologies," in Elliot Leyton’s (ed.) Serial Murder. Ashgate Publishing. Co-authored with Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen Holmes. 1999.
• "Trauma-Control Model in Serial Murder" in Criminology in the 1990s, edited by Conklin, John, New York: Allyn & Bacon Publishers, 1996.
• "Victimization Prevention: A Review of Missing and Murdered Children" in Helping Crime Victims: A National Survey, Albert R. Roberts editor, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publishers, 1990.
• "The Etiology of Victimization in Serial Murder: an Historical and Demographic Analysis," in Serial Murder: An Elusive Phenomenon, Steven Egger, New York: Praeger Publishers, 1990.

Articles

• “The Role of Psychology in Juvenile Fire-setting,” Bay Area Adjuster’s Almanac, Fall 1997.
• "Female Serial Murderesses: Constructing Differentiating Typologies," Contemporary Journal of Criminal Justice, vol.7, No.4, December, 1991. PP. 245-256. Co-authored with Ronald M. Holmes.
• "Dealing With Juvenile Delinquency: The Re-education of the Delinquent in the People's Republic of China," Co-authors, John D. Hewitt and Robert M. Regoli, pp. 67-81, in Official Responses to Problem Juveniles: Some International Reflections, edited by Jim Hackler, published by the Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Spain, 1991.
• "The Female Serial Murderer, 1800-1986," Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, Vol. 2, No. 2, October, 1986, pp. 72-81.

Works In Progress

• Criminal Minds and Criminal Behavior: An Introduction to Criminal Psychology, Prentice-Hall Publishers, New Jersey. A 600 page introductory psychology of crime textbook blending forensics, psychology and criminology as a field of study. (2007).
• In Sane, my first novel.

Other Publications

• Personality Characteristics and Behavior of Violent Criminals. A manual developed for California P.O.S.T. Homicide Investigation courses. Sacramento, CA January, 2005. Co-author: Gary Lowe, LCSW.
• Instructors Manual and Test Bank (345 pg.) for Senna and Siegel's Introduction to Criminal Justice, 5th edition, West Publishing Company, Jan.1990.

Articles & Books Reviewed

Dr. Hickey has reviewed book and article manuscripts for several academic and trade publishers including:

• Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology
• American Journal of Criminal Justice
• American Sociological Review
• Journal of Humanity and Society
• Western Criminology Review
• University of Chicago Press
• Homicide Studies (Sage Press)
• McGraw-Hill Publishers
• Brooks-Cole Publishers
• Random House
• Dorsey Press
• Palgrave-Macmillan Publishers
• Prentice-Hall Publishers
• Wadsworth Publishers
  

Professional Activities

• July 01, 2006 - present- Director of Forensic Studies, Alliant International University.
• 2007-present - Professor of Forensic Studies- Alliant International University (Doctoral Program in Forensic Psychology), Fresno, CA.
• 2006-present – (Part-Time) Professor of Criminal Psychology, California State University, Fresno, CA, Department of Criminology.
• 2006-Instructor, Special Topics in Criminology Online Program, Department of Criminal Justice Programs, University of Florida.
• 1990-2006 - Professor, California State University, Fresno, CA, Department of Criminology.
• 1994-2006 - Adjunct Professor - Fresno City College, Fresno, CA.
• 1996-2006 - Instructor- Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Jail Division.
• 2005-2006 - Visiting Professor - Alliant International University (Doctoral Program in Forensic Psychology), Fresno, CA.
• 2006-Adjunct Professor – University of Florida, Department of Criminology, Law and Society Online Certificate Program.
• 2005-Instructor - Institut Privé d’Analyse Criminelle et Comportementale (IPACC), (Private Institute for Criminal and Behavioral Analysis), Paris, France.
• 1996-2005 - Adjunct Professor - Alliant International University (California School of Professional Psychology--Doctoral Program in Forensic Psychology), Fresno, CA.
• 1999-2001 - Adjunct Instructor, American Prosecutors Research Institute & the National District Attorneys Association, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina.
• 1987-1990 - Full time faculty, Ball State University, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Muncie, Indiana.
• 1981-1987 - Full time faculty, State University of West Georgia, Department of Sociology, Carrollton, Georgia.
• 1978-1981 - Teaching Assistant and Instructor, Brigham Young University, Department of Sociology, Provo, Utah.

Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications and Honors

• Doctor of Philosophy (Social Psychology - Major Specialty Areas: Crime and Deviance; Minor Specialty Area: Medical Sociology, 1985), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
• Master of Arts (Sociology - Emphasis in Deviance and Corrections, 1982), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• Bachelor of Science (Criminal Justice Administration; French minor, 1975), Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
• High School Diploma (1969) - Fredericton High School, New Brunswick, Canada
• Keynote Speaker at the Center for Forensic Studies Annual Research Conference, February 02-03, 2007. Alliant International University, Fresno campus.
• Participant in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Serial Murder Core Work Group, developing a 2006 international seminar on serial murder, Virginia, November, 2005.
• Guest Speaker: Wadsworth Publishers Criminal Justice Online Event Series. Topic: Development of Maladaptive Behaviors in Childhood: The Variant Pathways of Serial Killers, February 24, 2005.
• Guest Speaker: CSU-Fresno’s School of Social Science faculty and invited members of the community, Topic: Emerging Issues in the Research of Violent Crime, April, 2002.
• Guest Speaker: Board of Trustees and Chancellors Office, California State University system, Long Beach, CA, Sept 11, 1996. Topic: "The Application of Criminal Psychology in Our Community: Profiling and Tracking the Unabomber".
• Guest Speaker: Barnes and Noble Bookstores, Fresno and San Francisco, 1996. Topic: "Using Criminal Science in Conducting Serial Murder Research".

Trainings, Presentations, Seminars

CALIFORNIA

• Peace Officers Standards and Training. “Paraphilia Profiling in Crime Scene Investigations: Signatures, Trophies and Souvenirs”. San Francisco, CA. May 22nd-24th, 2007.
• Alliant International University. “Psychological Profiling: A New Investigative Tool?” Alliant International University Continuing Education Program, San Francisco, March 09, 2007. (CEU Certified).
• Alliant Center for Forensic Studies. “The Role of Profiling in Cases of Violent Sexual Predators.” Alliant International University Annual Forensic Research Conference, Fresno, CA. February 02-03.
• Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. "Assessing Dangerousness in Maladaptive Behaviors of At-Risk Youth." Violence in the World of Our Youth, 4th Annual Conference, San Diego, March 20th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
• Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. "The Origins of Dangerous Traits in Minors: The MacDonald Triad and Other Conduct Disorders." Violence in the World of Our Youth, 4th Annual Conference, San Diego, March 19th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
• Kern County Department of Mental Health. “The Dark Side: the Science of Profiling Criminal Minds and Criminal Behaviors”. Bakersfield, CA. March 17th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
• Alliant International University. “The Dark Side: the Science of Profiling Criminal Minds and Criminal Behaviors”. Fresno, CA. December, 2005; San Luis Obispo, CA, July, 2006. (CEU Certified).
• California Law Judges’ Institute. “Stalking & Stalkers: Determining Judicial Responses”. California Judicial Council. San Diego, CA. August, 2004.
• California Juvenile Officers Association. “Profiling Violent Characteristics in Children: Antecedents to Criminal Behavior. Fresno, CA. March, 2004.
• California State Crime Lab, Fresno. “Profiling Violent, Paraphilic Predators in Organized & Disorganized Crime Scenes”. Fresno, CA. February, 2004.
• Pleasant Valley State Prison, Topic: Criminal Manipulation by Prison Inmates: Understanding Sociopaths and Psychopaths, Coalinga, CA, June 27, 2002
• Fresno County Probation Dept. Boot Camp, Topic: Profiling Violent Childhood Behaviors, Cruthers, CA, March 22, 2001.
• Madera County Victim Services, Topic: Parenting & Discipline, Madera, Jan. 25th, 2001
• Fresno County Child Protective Services, Topic: Domestic Terrorism and Workplace Violence, October 26, 2001.
• Madera County Victim Services, Topic: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Madera, CA October 10, 2000
• S.A.R.T. Training (Sexual Assault Response Team). Sponsored by Family Services of Tulare County, Topic: "The Dynamics of Stalking, Paraphilia and Sexual Assault", Visalia, CA Sept. 2000.
• California Association of Crime Lab Directors. Topic: “The Application of Criminal Psychology in a Forensic Environment”, Fresno, CA, Nov. 1999.
• California Coalition Against Domestic Abuse. Topic: “Dynamics of Domestic Stalking: Intervention and Prevention Strategies”, Sacramento, CA, Sept. 1999.
• Yuba City Unified School District. Topic: “Application of Profiles in Identifying and Deterring Potential Violent Offenders in School Settings: Aftermath of Columbine” Yuba City, CA, Aug. 1999.
• Internal Revenue Service Western Region Leadership Conference and Training Seminar. Sponsored by the Association for the Improvement of Minorities in the IRS. Topic: "Workplace Violence" Fresno, CA, Jan 1998.
• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Topic: "Profiling Juvenile Fire-setters" Santa Rosa, CA, April 1998.
• Fresno Fire Department Facilitator. Juvenile Fire-setting Program. Fall 1997-1999.
• University of California-Davis, Topic: Reducing Violent Crime Through Environmental Design, Davis, Fall 1997.
• California Association of Arson Investigators, Fresno, CA, Topic: Juvenile Fire Setters & Serial Crime. 1996.
• Police Officer Standards and Training (POST): To develop an elder abuse training video for law enforcement, 1996.
• Fresno County Sheriff's Homicide Investigation Division, Fresno, CA, Topic: "Criminal Personalities and Homicide", March, 1996 and Sept. 1996.
• U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern California District and the Federal Victim-Witness Program, Sacramento, Topic: "Victim's Rights and Restorative Justice". 1994
• California State Crime Lab, Region 6. "Profiling Serial Rapists", in Visalia, CA, 1992.

NATIONAL

• Midwestern Regional Network for Intervention With Sex Offenders & The Indiana Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. “Paraphilia Profiling Among Sexual Predators” Indianapolis, Indiana. May 11th, 2007.
• Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. “Stalking Techniques in Predatorial Crime”, Nashville, TN. April 16th-18th, 2007.
• Federal Probation and Pretrial Services. “Understanding Paraphilia in Profiling & Managing Sexual Predators”, Nashville, TN. April 16th-18th, 2007.
• Bexar County Psychological Association. “Assessment, Intervention and Documentation of Dangerousness in Counseling Forensic Populations”, San Antonio, Texas, February 24th, 2006.
• University of Texas at San Antonio. “Profiling and Threat Management of Potentially Dangerous Persons and Situations on Campus”, San Antonio, Texas, September, 2005.
• United States 9th District Circuit Court Pretrial Services. “Offender Typologies in Cases of Sexual Assault,” Hawthorne, CA, August, 2005
• Colorado Association of Sex Crimes Investigators. “Psychological Profiling Serial Sexual Predators,” Aspen, CO, September 2004.
• Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators. Topic: “The Role of Paraphilia in Sex Crimes and Crime Scene Investigation”, La Cross, WI., April, 2004.
• The 16th Annual Texas Crime Victim Clearinghouse Conference. Three seminars: 1. Profiling Violent Criminals; 2. Understanding Sexual Predators and Their Victims; 3. Profiling Stalkers and Their Victims. Austin, Texas. May, 2003.
• Louisiana District Attorney’s Association. Topic: “Profiling Violent Domestic Crime”, Destin, FL, August, 2001
• Computer Crimes Against Children: Predators on the Internet, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, August, 2001.
• National Victim’s Academy. Topics: Homicide, and Stalking, California State University, Fresno, CA June, 2000.
• Annual Domestic Violence Seminar, Topic: The Psychology of Stalking in Cases of Domestic Violence, Tennessee, March 16, 2001.
• American Prosecutors Research Institute, (Annual Trainer) Topic: Cyberstalking and Sexual Predators, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, 1999-2002.
• National Victim’s Academy. Topics: Homicide, Drunk Driving and Workplace Violence, California State University, Fresno, CA June, 1999.
• Louisiana District Attorney’s Association. Topic: “Protecting Yourself From Internet Crime and Cyberstalking” Baton Rouge, LA, April, 1999
• Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault Topic: Cyberstalking: An Emerging Crime”, Lafayette, LA, March, 1999.
• Louisiana District Attorney’s Association, “The Impact of Stalking: Victim/Offender Relationships, Lafayette, LA, 1998
• Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault Topic: "Stalking: Expanding Definitions in Intervention Strategies" Lafayette, LA, Feb. 1998.
• Police Officer Special Training, Carrollton, Georgia, Topic: “The Epidemiology and Etiology of the Serial Murder Phenomenon". 1987.

INTERNATIONAL

• International Association of Mental Health Services. “TBA” Montreal, Canada, June 25th -28th, 2007.
• Centre de Recherche en Profilage (CIRPO), (A private organization for criminal and behavioral analysis), Topics: “The Role of Paraphilia in Profiling Sex Crimes” and “Stalking Techniques of Violent Sexual Predators”, Paris, France. October 18th-20th, 2006.
• Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. Chair: "From Dialogue into Action: Where Do We Go From Here in Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children" 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego, September 19th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
• Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma. "Human Trafficking: The Minds and Behaviors of Sexual Predators." 11th International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, San Diego, September 18th, 2006. (CEU Certified).
• Tokiwa International Victimology Institute, Topic: Forensic Assessments of Victimization in Cases of Mass and Serial Murder, Tokiwa University, Miwa, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, Japan, December 17th, 2005.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation International Serial Murder Seminar, Topic: “Examining the International Scope of Serial Murder”, An International Seminar on Serial Murder, San Antonio, Texas, August-September, 2005.
• Institut Privé d’Analyse Criminelle et Comportementale (IPACC), (Private Institute for Criminal and Behavioral Analysis), Topic: “The Role of Paraphilia in Profiling Sex Crimes”, Paris, France. June, 2005.
• Institut Privé d’Analyse Criminelle et Comportementale (IPACC), (Private Institute for Criminal and Behavioral Analysis), Topic: Case Analysis of Violent Sexual Predators, Paris, France. May, 2004.
• International Profiling Conference: Topic: New Perspectives in Profiling Violent Serial Offenders, sponsored by the Ontario Provincial Police, Toronto, Canada, September, 2001.
• International Security Academy (ISA), Topic: Application of Domestic and Stranger Stalker-Victim Profiles, Tel Aviv, Israel, November 2000.
  Solicitor General's Office and the Office of Research, Corrections Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Topic: "Etiology of Homicide" 1989.

Professional and Honorary Memberships

• American Psychological Association
• Association for Psychological Science
• Italian Investigative Psychology Association
• Forensic Mental Health Association of California
• Homicide Research Working Group
• American Society of Criminology
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences