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The Forensics of Aggression: Working With and Evaluating Canine Aggression

Sessions

2025-06

 

 

Course Dates:

Jun 11, 2025 - Jul 9, 2025

Instructor(s):
Dr. James W. Crosby M.S., PhD., CBCC-KA, CDBC

Dr. James W. Crosby M.S., PhD., CBCC-KA, CDBC

Retired Lieutenant James W. Crosby M.S., PhD., CBCC-KA, CDBC (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Jacksonville, FL, USA) has extensive canine behavior training and expertise and served as chief of two Florida Animal Control agencies. Jim (he/him) served on the Board of Directors of the Florida Animal Control Association and has worked with and assisted FACA, the Southeastern Animal Control Association, and several others across the US and Canada. Jim assisted the Department of Animal Services for the Australian Capital Territory, leading a National Study on Dangerous Dog policy and procedure. Jim is an internationally recognized authority and court accepted expert on canine attacks and aggression. Jim’s specialty is investigating dog bite related fatalities, especially evidentiary and behavioural factors involved in these deaths. Jim’s on-scene investigation of over 30 fatalities and post-attack evaluation of over 50 subject dogs has been essential in numerous successful prosecutions. He assists prosecutors and agencies facing these cases. Jim assists in dogfighting investigations and was the expert on a Polk County, GA case wherein the subject was sentenced to fifty years for dogfighting, the longest sentence for that crime in US history. Jim serves as an expert consultant regarding the use of deadly force by police officers against companion animals. Jim earned his Master’s Degree in Veterinary Forensics from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida and months away from completing his PhD. Jim lives in Florida with his dear wife, The Queen of Darkness, a couple of Curly-Coated Retrievers, and a rescued Jack Russell Terrorist.

Pricing:

Full Students

$300.00

Online Meetings:

Wednesdays at 5pm EDT, beginning June 18th
Register

Closes Jun 17, 2025

Graphic Content Warning: Course contains images of fatal dog bites and injuries.

 

Jim Crosby is widely recognized as an expert in the field of dog bites, dog aggression, and fatal dog attacks. In this four-part course, Jim is sharing his hard-won knowledge and experience about dog aggression, bites, communication, and what we can do with all of this as we go through our personal and professional journeys through the canine world.

 

Four Modules, four live meetings (Full Students only), and experience that literally only exists in a hand full of places in the world, Jim is here to share those experiences and the understanding he has gained in nearly twenty years of dealing with the worst of the worst – and a few dogs too.

 

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Recognize the purpose of aggression and when it is or is not appropriate
  • Analyze how bites happen and what evidence they leave
  • Evaluate WHICH dog did it, and the basis of inclusion and exclusion of potential suspects
  • Exchange signals with problem dogs and build the beginnings of trust
  • Explore dog case evaluations and their application to individual dogs

** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ONLINE WEEKLY MEETINGS **

  • Meetings are not recorded
  • Meetings begin 1 week after course opens
  • Meetings are 1 hour in duration
  • There are 4 meetings for this course

CEUs:
 

Full Students

  

CCPDT

10 (CPDT-KA; CBCC-KA)

  

IAABC

10

  

KPA

10

  
Speaker(s)
Dr. James W. Crosby M.S., PhD., CBCC-KA, CDBC

Dr. James W. Crosby M.S., PhD., CBCC-KA, CDBC

Retired Lieutenant James W. Crosby M.S., PhD., CBCC-KA, CDBC (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Jacksonville, FL, USA) has extensive canine behavior training and expertise and served as chief of two Florida Animal Control agencies. Jim (he/him) served on the Board of Directors of the Florida Animal Control Association and has worked with and assisted FACA, the Southeastern Animal Control Association, and several others across the US and Canada. Jim assisted the Department of Animal Services for the Australian Capital Territory, leading a National Study on Dangerous Dog policy and procedure. Jim is an internationally recognized authority and court accepted expert on canine attacks and aggression. Jim’s specialty is investigating dog bite related fatalities, especially evidentiary and behavioural factors involved in these deaths. Jim’s on-scene investigation of over 30 fatalities and post-attack evaluation of over 50 subject dogs has been essential in numerous successful prosecutions. He assists prosecutors and agencies facing these cases. Jim assists in dogfighting investigations and was the expert on a Polk County, GA case wherein the subject was sentenced to fifty years for dogfighting, the longest sentence for that crime in US history. Jim serves as an expert consultant regarding the use of deadly force by police officers against companion animals. Jim earned his Master’s Degree in Veterinary Forensics from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida and months away from completing his PhD. Jim lives in Florida with his dear wife, The Queen of Darkness, a couple of Curly-Coated Retrievers, and a rescued Jack Russell Terrorist.