Bottom Up Offender Profiling

Question 1

What is the aim

Answer 1

To generate a pic of the offender
Behaviour etc through analysis of crime scene.

Question 2

What is investigate psychology

Answer 2

British approach
Data driven
Details are matched against a data base
Can see if series of crimes are done by the same offender.
Looks at how offenders behave
Has criminal forensic awareness.

Question 3

What is geographic profiling

Answer 3

serial offenders commit crimes in places they are familiar with
Known as the ‘Centre of gravity’
In canters circle there are 2 types of offenders:
1. Marauders: live close
2. Commuters: travel

Question 4

A03: applied to a wide range of offences
Explain

Answer 4

Can be applied to burgulary
Better than top-down approach

Question 5

A03: there is evidence for investigate psychology
Explain

Answer 5

Computer programme by canter
Data analysis to identify correlations

Question 6

A03: mixed results
Explain

Answer 6

Rachel Nickell riled out murderer for being to tall
Ineffective.