Criminal Profiling

Question 1

The _______________ should be able to make conclusions or hypotheses of the crime

Answer 1

Profiler

Question 2

________________ can help to give investigators ideas of effective interrogation strategies once the offender has been captured.

Answer 2

Profiler

Question 3

_______________ criminal profiling involves looking at the evidence at the crime scene and then drawing hypotheses from that evidence (e.g. offender did not leave any DNA so the profiler thinks they’re looking for someone who planned the crime)

Answer 3

Deductive

Question 4

_________________ Criminal profiling is when a profiler looks at the evidence at the crime scene and they compare that to previously solved crimes.

Answer 4

Inductive

Question 5

Crime scene characteristics may include what?

Answer 5

If the face was covered, was the body moved, how they were killed, time of day, etc.

Question 6

A big problem with ___________________ is that it is not known for its honesty

Answer 6

Crime scene characteristics database

Question 7

A second big problem with ___________________ is that it’s based on the captured offenders.

Answer 7

Crime scene characteristics database

Question 8

The 3 inferential leaps are what

Answer 8

What, why, and who

Question 9

_____________________ is that each offender will have one typical way of committing their crime (e.g. the offenders standard procedure)

Answer 9

Modus Operandi (MO)

Question 10

________________ is the unique aspect of the crime for the given offender (e.g. if he takes a lock of her hair).

Answer 10

Signature

Question 11

__________________ suffer from significant mental illness, described as socially inept

Answer 11

Disorganized asocial offenders

Question 12

Characteristics of _______________ are lives alone, sexually incompetent, socially inept, unemployed, etc

Answer 12

Disorganized asocial offenders

Question 13

___________________ offenders commit crimes where victims are brutally overkilled, impulsiveness, badly beaten, randomized, sexual elements take place after the victim is dead, convenient weapons, crime scenes look sloppy, body is left where the crime took place

Answer 13

Disorganized

Question 14

_________________ offenders are planned. They are of average or above average intelligence, have a skilled occupation, typically married, socially adept, carefully selected victim, control the victim, sexual acts prior to death, body is usually transported

Answer 14

Organized

Question 15

________________ is when you’re looking for the offender’s most likely characteristics

Answer 15

Initial profile

Question 16

Are profiles insightful?

Answer 16

No

Question 17

Do investigators believe profiles are insightful?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

___________________ is when investigators focus too heavily on what the profile suggests that they don’t think of the other options.

Answer 18

Tunnel vision

Question 19

The first key assumption of profiling is ____________________

Answer 19

Behavioural consistency

Question 20

A _______________________ is a bigger picture perspective

Answer 20

Molar perspective

Question 21

To a criminologist defines behavioural consistency as a ___________ perspective

Answer 21

Molar

Question 22

A psychologist defines behavioural consistency as a ______________ perspective which is when an offender re-offends (e.g. does he repeat the same behaviours when he re-offends)

Answer 22

Molecular

Question 23

The ___________________ is the idea that criminals that exhibit similar characteristics should create similar types of crimes.

Answer 23

Homology assumption

Question 24

The _________________ assumes that similar crimes are committed by similar people.

Answer 24

Homology assumption

Question 25

___________________ include age, criminal record, marital status, ethnicity, education, employment, and residence.

Answer 25

Offender characteristics

Question 26

__________________ include disguise, apologizes, threats, blindfold, surprise attack, weapon, and steals property.

Answer 26

Crime scene behaviours

Question 27

Research shows that there is no relationship between offender characteristics and crime scene characteristics. True or false?

Answer 27

True