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Over the past several decades, understanding of criminal behaviour has been fundamentally altered by advances in the medical, behavioural, and social sciences. The application of clinical technologies to the assessment and management of risk has contributed much value-added to the ultimate societal goal of increased community safety. This course is intended to highlight the many specialized disciplines that contribute to the study and understanding of criminal and deviant behaviour. In particular, psychology, psychiatry, social work, and behavioural assessment specialists from law enforcement agencies all contribute valuable perspectives. Students are exposed to a wide variety of issues associated with the intersection between clinical and behavioural presentations and criminal behaviour, including fitness to stand trial; criminal responsibility; classification, assessment, and treatment of mentally disordered offenders; punishment and rehabilitation; prediction of danger and risk assessment; criminal profiling; and special needs populations.