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1). Attendance
2). Collection field trip permission forms
3). Collect Pickton writing assignments
4). Class discussion yesterday’s guest speaker
5). WORK BLOCK (40 minutes)
6). HOMEWORK – design 12 multiple choice questions with answers for Friday’s Kahoot review and Monday’s unit test

1). Attendance
2). Guest Speaker – retired homicide and drug RCMP detective
3). TEST – Monday May 13 Unit Test
4). GET YOUR FIELD TRIP PERMISSION FORMS IN – Surrey Law Courts – Thursday May 9

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (A suspected serial killer called the “Hollywood Ripper” in on trial and Ashton Kutcher is a witness, police kill both man and woman in B.C. hostage taking situation, Winnipeg police made a shocking discovery and rescued 21 missing teens during a crackdown on the city’s youth sex trade, local First Nations groups angry after their Trans Mountain Pipeline appeal is denied, Slidell Louisiana Chevy dealership robbed of over $120,000 worth of tires and rims overnight)
3). Class discussion of Chapter 4 assignment questions 11-20
4). Watch documentary “The Ken and Barbie Killers”
5). HOMEWORK – Explanation for crimes committed by Robert “Willy” Pickton assignment due at the beginning of Monday’s class
6). TEST – Unit Test on Monday May 13
7). GUEST SPEAKER (former RCMP officer from the Coquitlam Homicide Division) on Monday May 6th.

1). Formative (practice) quiz – Motivations & Types of Serial Murder
2). Attendance
3). Current Events (drug deal goes wrong in New Westminster resulting in a suspect being charged with second-degree murder, shooting at University North Carolina claims 2 victims, elderly man murders his wife in Ontario Home Depot parking lot)
4). Finish watching the documentary “Actions That Lead a Person to Serial Killing”
5). Assignment – using the Robert “Willy” Pickton case study, write a minimum one-page explanation for the reasons that lead to the Pickton murders. Use the class lecture notes and documentary to formulate your explanation. Both documentaries can be viewed multiple times from the blog. This assignment is due at the beginning of Monday’s class
6). WORK BLOCK (40 minutes)
7). TEST – The unit test is scheduled for Monday May 13th.

1). Formative (practice) quiz – Psychopathy Personality Characteristics
2). Attendance
3). Current Events (22 year old male in custody after a school shooting at North Carolina University, former Minnesota police officer found guilty of third degree murder in the death of Justine Ruszcyk, former New York bus driver sentenced to ten years in prison for the rape of a 14 year old girl and the lenient sentencing causes a public outcry, American swimmer Ryan Lochte charged with filing a false police report during the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio De Janeiro, man returns home in suburban Cincinnati Ohio to find this family slain)
4). Continue watching documentary “Actions That Lead a Person to Serial Killing”

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (man in West Chester Ohio comes home to find four family members dead in his apartment, 71 year old man called “Protest Grandpa” charged with mischief at Trans Mountain Pipeline property in Burnaby, man shot in the neck while driving home from work dies in University of Iowa hospital)
3). Discussion Chapter 4 “Bringing the Accused to Trial” questions 1-10
4). Finish lecture “Psychopathy and Serial Murder” and “Motivation and Types of Serial Murder”
5). Show documentary “Actions That Lead to Becoming a Serial Killer”

1). Formative (practice) quiz – Bringing the Accused to Trial & the Robert Pickton case
2). Partner and group discussion about the Robert “Willy” Pickton case. Discuss the Federal Bureau of Investigation serial killer profiling system.
3). Definition of Serial Murder, Causality of the Serial Murderer, Psychopathy and Serial Murder, and Motivation and Types of Serial Murder

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (Nova Scotia meat plant pleads guilty to multiple health code violations including sell moldy meat products to stores, 22 year old exchange student kidnapped in Toronto for the purpose of ransom, Israeli soldiers shot at a blindfolded and handcuffed teenager who had been arrested on suspicion of disturbing the peace)
3). Finish the documentary “The Pig Farm: The Robert “Willy” Pickton case

1). Attendance
2). Current Events (Washington state man Michael Berenson sentenced in “sextortion” ring, Texas couple from Guinea Africa charged in slavery case involving their live-in nanny)
3). Watch documentary “The Pig Farm – The Robert “Willy” Pickton case

1). Formative (practice) quiz – Arresting a Suspect
2). Attendance
3). Current Events (Cloverdale couple have seven stolen dwarfs returned to them after the story was made public about how it was a tribute to their late son, popular journalist murdered by two teenagers in Londonberry Northern Island, 17 year old male beats a 14 year old Innu girl to death in Quebec, 30 year old male was the possible target of a gang-relate homicide in Kitsilano, two female bodies discovered in a mineshaft on the island of Cyprus and a 6 year old daughter of one of the victim’s is missing, 304 mostly students from South Korea die in tragic ferry capsizing and the ship’s captain is up on negligence charges)
4). WORK BLOCK (60 minutes) – students finish the chapter 4 assignment that is due at the beginning of Wednesday’s class.