Canter: Top-Down Profiling Flashcards
Where did the cases that were used in the study come from?
Published accounts of serial killers in the USA.
They were cross checked with court reports and officers where possible.
What was the aim of this study?
To test the reliability of organised/disorganised typologies.
How many cases were used?
100
Who collected the cases?
An independent researcher over several years.
What were the cases called?
Missen Corpus
Which crime committed by each serial killer in each series was analysed for the research?
The third crime.
What was used to classify the crimes as organised or disorganised?
The Crime Classification Manual (Douglas et al. 1992)
Which typology was more common/easier to catch and why?
Disorganised. Twice as many disorganised as organised crime scene actions were identified.
