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offender profiling - the top down approach
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- 1profiling inputs- description of crime scene (photos, sketches)
- background info on victim
- details of crime
- all info, even if it seems trivial, should be considered
- suspects should not be considered - 2decision process model- murder type (mass, spree, serial)
- time factors
- location factors - 3crime assessment organised- planned
- victim specifically targeted
- body transported from scene
- weapon hidden
- violent fantasies carried out on victim
- high intelligence
- sexually // socially competent
- follows crimes in media - 4crime assessment disorganised- unplanned
- random selection of victims
- engage in sexual acts w/ dead body
- crime scene likely to contain many clues - 5criminal profilehypothesis on
- likely background
- habits
- beliefs
used to work out strategy to catch offender - 6crime assessment- written report given to investigating agency & making profile
- if new evidence found // no suspect found go back to step 2 - 7apprehensionreview entire process
- 8evaluation usefulness capson (1995)- questioned 184 police officers
- 82% said techniques were generally useful
- +90% would use again
- technique may not result in acc identification of offender - 9evaluation flawed method of basis- original data on which dis/organised classification based on interviews w/ 36 most dangerous/sexually motivated murderers
- used to identify key characteristics
- not reliable
- approach/rationale may be different from the typical offender - 10evaluation potential harm caused- not based on science/theory
- vague
- offenders can read about how profiles are made & mislead - 11evaluation measuring accuracy alison et al (2003)- shows judgements are not reliable
- give officers 1/2 profiles
- 50% rated profiles as accurate even though half were given the false one
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- AS - Level Psychology Flashcards on offender profiling - the top down approach, created by Neha Chakraborty on 21/06/2017.
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