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- 1offender profiling is an area of ___ to assist detection of offenders. basic premise is that info left by the ___ at the ___ scene, both ___ and ___, can lead to conclusions being draw about kind of person who committed the crimearea of criminology, left by the offender, the crime scene, both forensic and behavioural
- 2Holmes & Holmes - three major goals of profiling?1. Social & psychological assessment,
2. Psychological evaluation of belongings,
3. Interviewing suggestions & strategies - 3Holmes & Holmes Social & psychological assessmentinformation about race, age range, employment, religion, marital status, education, etc
- 4Holmes & Holmes Psychological evaluation of belongingslook for items the offender may possess the serve as reminder of the violent crime e.g. souvenirs, photos, etc
- 5Holmes & Holmes Interviewing suggestions & strategiesprofile information about the most effective methods of interrogation and interviewing
- 6top down uses ___ ___ information about similar crimes, applies ___ knowledge to crime scenes. profiler uses a "___ ___" and then looks for ___ details that support ituses previously known information, applies existing knowledge, "big picture", for smaller details
- 7also known as ___ method as it draws logical conclusions based on application of general principle to a particular instance (___ fits ___)as deductive method, (evidence fits hypothesis)
- 8mostly used by ___ crime investigators, approach sometimes refered to as ___ approachby FBI crime investigators, American approach
- 9smaller details support their ___. the "big picture" is known as a ___ and is based on belief different types of crimes have similar ___ and always behave in similar wayssupport their conclusions, know as a typology, have similar characteristics
- 10American approach established by FBI when created no. of typologies through ___ with ___convicted serial killers. they used 57 page document asking offenders to identify ___ leading up to crime e.g. __, __/__ __, etcthrough interviews, with 36 convicted, identify factors, e.g. early warning signs, encouraged/inhibited offences
- 11FBI also collected detailed info about ___ and ___ states of criminals from members of ___ ___ ___ who are experienced in area of ___ crime & ___.about behaviours and mental states, Behavioural Science Unit, sexual crime & homicide
- 12Profile Development - the 4 stages?1. Data Assimilation,
2. Crime Classification,
3. Crime Reconstruction,
4. Profile Generation - 13Data Assimilationthe collection of all information from as many sources as possible
- 14Crime Classificationputting the crime in a category according to the evidence
- 15Crime Reconstructioncreate a hypothesis about behaviour of victims and the modus operendi of the criminal based on reconstruction of the crime
- 16Profile Generationdevelopment of a profile which contains suggestions of the offender's appearance and characteristics
- 17FBI Classification of Murderers Organisedtheir crime is planned, victim often a stranger, leave few or no clues, intelligent and in skilled occupation, married or cohabiting, likely to follow media reports
- 18FBI Classification of Murderers Disorganisedoffence unplanned, crime committed in haphazard manner, often leave clues, know victim, familiar with scene, unskilled occupation, socially inadequate, sexually imcompetent
- 19Pinnizzotto Aim?to examine the effectiveness of profiling in identifying potential suspects in murder and sex offence cases
- 20Pinnizzotto Participants?5 groups: expert profilers, detectives w/ profiling experience, detectives w/o profiler experience, clinical psychologists, undergraduate students
- 21Pinnizzotto Method?laboratory experiment, ppts asked to read information about 2 closed cases (murder & sex offence) and asked to build an offender profile for each. profiles then compared for accuracy
- 22Pinnizzotto Results?profilers were more accurate than non-profilers on sex offence cases, but detectives without profiling experience more accurate on the murder case
- 23Pinnizzotto Conclusions?the success of profiling is the result of both confidence and experience rather than the use of an exclusive technique. both training and practical experience vital in developing profiling expertise and that productive liaison between police and psychologists is the way forward
- 24Bottom up approach based on profiler gathering info of each crime & forming ___ based on those details only.conclusions
- 25profiler will process all info from crime scene to create "___" of what happened constantly ___ ___ details until it makes sense. also referred to as ___ method as conclusions formed using particular instances to form general principle (___ forms ___). approach used by ___ profilers"picture", constantly adding new details, inductive method, evidence forms hypothesis, used by British profilers
- 26developed by ___ who runs the ___ for ___ ___. this approach looks at offender's behaviour ___ crime and attempts to formulate psychological theory to show why variations in criminal behaviour occurCanter, the Centre for Investigative Psychology, behaviour during crime
- 27British approach makes no initial ___ about offender until ___ ___ carried out on the details of the crime, making it bottom upno initial assumption, until statistical analysis
- 28Canter believes usefulness of method led to development of "___-___" theory. can help explain how offender's behaviour changes of series of offences, or establish whether 2 or more offences committed by same person"five-factor" theory
- 29Geographic Profiling: considered by "five-factor" theory is "___ of ___ & ___" idea of Geographical Profiling based on no. of psychological theories (e.g. ___ ___ & ___ ___ theories) and research on ___ maps"significance of time & place", (e.g. rational choice & routine activities theories), on cognitive maps
- 30Geographic Profiling ___ + ___ = ___geographic location of crimes + mental maps used by offender = residential location
- 31based on geographic profiling assumptions, Canter proposed ___ ___, a model of offender behaviour that helps reveal where offender lives and/or likely location of next crime, developed directly from ___ psychologyCircle Theory, environmental psychology
- 32The Circle Theory - proposes two models of behaviour: " ___" and "___" model"Marauder", "Commuter"
- 33Marauder Model?assumes that an offender will go from their home base to commit their crimes
- 34Commuter Model?assumes offender will travel a distance from their home base before committing the crime
- 35Geographic profiling software programmes have been developed to assist criminal investigation such as Canter's ___, but geographical profiling only possible with ___ crimes where ___ of behaviours can be established & models based on ___ study of solved cases, difficult to apply in actual investigations, practically impossible to know if marauder or commuterCanter's DRAGNET, serial crimes, patterns of behaviour, retrospective study
- 36Snook Aim?to examine distance between home to crime for serial murderers
- 37Snook Method?collected records of 53 male serial murderer cases in Germany. all data obtained direct from police & court documents. home & geographic locations of victims plotted on map for each of 53. committed total of 247 murders over 70yrs, between 16-52yrs old, 90% under 40yrs old, IQ available for 29 of murderers
- 38Snook Results?63% serial sexual murders occurred within 10km of residence, 1st time location closest in 47% of cases, 35% of 2nd & 3rd murders closest to home. as age increased, home-to-crime distance decreased (negative correlation) average IQ 100.5, only 5 scored below 90. higher IQ, distance further
- 39Snook Conclusions?in last 70yrs, bodies recovered near homes. IQ & age significant predictors, more IQ travel farther. certain factors appear to be related to distance from homes that murderers offend
- 40Case Study approach to profiling involves a range of different ___ being used to collect information that will lead to the identification of the ___ of a potential offenderdifferent methods, of the characteristics
- 41Canter invited by Metropolitan Police to draw up profile of the "___ ___". canter examined ___ of each crime and built up profile of attacker's ___, ___ and ___.the "railway rapist", examined details, attacker's personality, habits and traits.
- 42using the ___ ___ approach, Canter identified two significant themes in the attacks:bottom up approach,
1) attacker seemed prepared to try and relate to the victim - suggests previous relationships that were abusive,
2) minimum amount of force used to dominate victim - suggests a weak, insecure individual - 43he also studied ___ of crimes over previous __ years, building up geographic profile, helped pinpoint where attacker lived as pattern suggested killer was a ___.locations of crimes, 4 years, killer was a marauder
- 44features of profile Canter created matched very closely to the characteristics and traits of ___ ___. He was arrested at his mother's house where police obtained sufficient ___ evidence to sentence him to life imprisonment for ___ and ___.traits of John Duffy, sufficient forensic evidence, murder and rape
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