bottom up approach

Question 1

what is the bottom up approach consisted of

Answer 1

• investigative psychology
• geographical profiling

Question 2

what is the aim of investigative psychology

Answer 2

• identify patterns of behaviour that occurs across several crime scenes

Question 3

what can investigative psycholoogy reveal within a crime

Answer 3

• important details about the offender
• the offenders home
• wether some crimes are linked

Question 4

what is a modus operandi ?

Answer 4

the manner in the way the offender carries out a crime

Question 5

what is interpersonal coherence

Answer 5

the way the offender interacts with the crime or victim may reflect on how they act in real life

Question 6

what is geographical profiling?

Answer 6

a method used to infere the home base of the offender by using locations of linked crimes

Question 7

what is the processes of geographical profiling

Answer 7

• using data from investigative psychology to make hypotheses of the modus operandi of the criminal

Question 8

whats the centre of gravity within geographical profiling

Answer 8

the social behaviour pattern of the offender that likely includes the home base, in the middle of the social pattern

Question 9

who created the circle theory?

Answer 9

david canter

Question 10

what s the circle theory?

Answer 10

made up of two components of offending behaviour

Question 11

whats a mauderer

Answer 11

an offender who operates close to home and keeps their identity hidden

Question 12

whats a commuter

Answer 12

an offender that operates away from home and will not try to hide their identity

Question 13

whats a strength for the approach

evidence for investigative psyhology

Answer 13

• evidence supports investigative psychology
• canter(90) used small space analysis on 65 sexual assult cases, several characterisitcs were common within
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Question 14

whats a strength of the approach

evidence for geographical profiling

Answer 14

• evidence supports geographical profiling
• canter(01) got evidnece from 120 serial killer murders using small space analysis
• the body disposals creayed a center of gravity that lead to the offender

Question 15

why does the approach have scientific basis

Answer 15

as it is based on objective ideas and uses artificial intelligence

Question 16

why does tgheapproach have wider applicaction

Answer 16

as it can be used in any crimes not just murder or rape

Question 17

why has the approach got mixed reviews

Answer 17

• the approach has mixed effectivness
• copson (95) surveyed 48 forces and found profiling to be useful in 83% of cases but only 3% lead to an accurate id of the offender

Question 18

whats the problem with people fitting the profile for the offender

Answer 18

fitting the profile isnt proof of guilt
as this is still subjective it wil still be hard to get the exact offender just through the approach alone