MOD Report notes from books

MOD Report notes from books

1. Offender profiling is considered more research based and statistical

   • Howitt -pages used are tabbed
   • David Canter created the statistical approach and offender profiling is now used with a wide variety of crimes
     • Pg 216 diagram on features of fbi and statistical 
     • Crime scene profiling uses information from the scene (physical or other) to generate a picture of an unknown offender
       • There are assumtions between the link of personality and profiling Eyesenk biosocial research is key
         • It is unclear if the simplistic differences between organised and disorganised typology are enough to stand up to empirical scrutiny
         • There is strong evidence that suggests police favour offender profiling and consider them useful
           • There is evidence that statistical profiling works better than FBI

2. "offender profiling is the process linking offence behaviours to characteristics of the offender"

   • Canter pg 129 onwards
   • A major critisicm of profiles is that they are not scientific enough
     • HOWITT STATES THAT OP IS STATISICAL + RESEARCH BASED
     • Canter suggested that often a victim is to a role by the offender
       • Role 1: Victim as objects - the offender treats the vic as an object i.e as something to be used and controlled
         • Role 2: Victim as a vehicle - vic is considered as a vehicle for the offenders emotional state
           • Role 3: Victim as a person - the offender nutures and cares for vic and believe by attaching it gives them itimacy

3. There are 2 groups of offender profiling group 1 is clinical and fbi the 2nd is based on research and stats investigative

   • psychology express forensic
   • Profile analysis consists of offender profiling, psychological profiling, criminal profiling, criminal personality profiling, crime scene profiling
     • Geographical profiling is based on a few principles Locatedness- all aspects linked to location can give an idea of area of residence
       • Systematic crime location choice suggests locations of crime are not normally random, Centrality suggests offenders are familiar with the location and often commut to them
         • Comparative case analysis - serial and repeat offenders fit the use of geographical profiling best