Brent E. Turvey spent his first years in college on a pre-med track only to change his course of study once his true interest took hold. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State University in Psychology, with an emphasis on Forensic Psychology, and an additional Bachelor of Science degree in History. He went on to receive his Masters of Science in Forensic Science after studying at the University of New Haven, in West Haven, Connecticut.
Since graduating in 1996, Brent has consulted with many agencies, attorneys, and police departments in the United States, Australia, China, Canada, Barbados and Korea on a range of rapes, homicides, and serial/ multiple rape/ death cases, as a forensic scientist and criminal profiler. He has also been "court qualified" as an expert in the areas of criminal profiling, forensic science, victimology, and crime reconstruction.
In August of 2002, he was invited by the Chinese People's Police Security University (CPPSU) in Beijing to lecture before groups of detectives at the Beijing, Wuhan, Hanzou, and Shanghai police bureaus. In 2005, he was invited back to China again, to lecture at the CPPSU, and to the police in Beijing and Xian. In 2007, he was invited to lecture at the 1st Behavioral Sciences Conference at the Home Team (Police) Academy in Singapore, where he also provided training to their Behavioral Science Unit.
He is the author of "Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 2nd Edition", co-author of the "Rape Investigation Handbook" (2004) with Det. John Savino of the NYPD's Manhattan Special Victim's Squad, and co-author of "Crime Reconstruction" (2006) with W. Jerry Chisum, former recontsuctionionist with the CA DOJ, and a former president of ASCLAD - all with Elsevier Science. He is currently a full partner, Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with "Forensic Solutions, LLC", as well as an Adjunct Professor in Criminology at Oklahoma City University.