Criminal Profiling Flashcards
The _______________ should be able to make conclusions or hypotheses of the crime
Profiler
________________ can help to give investigators ideas of effective interrogation strategies once the offender has been captured.
Profiler
_______________ 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)
Deductive
_________________ Criminal profiling is when a profiler looks at the evidence at the crime scene and they compare that to previously solved crimes.
Inductive
Crime scene characteristics may include what?
If the face was covered, was the body moved, how they were killed, time of day, etc.
A big problem with ___________________ is that it is not known for its honesty
Crime scene characteristics database
A second big problem with ___________________ is that it’s based on the captured offenders.
Crime scene characteristics database
The 3 inferential leaps are what
What, why, and who
_____________________ is that each offender will have one typical way of committing their crime (e.g. the offenders standard procedure)
Modus Operandi (MO)
________________ is the unique aspect of the crime for the given offender (e.g. if he takes a lock of her hair).
Signature
__________________ suffer from significant mental illness, described as socially inept
Disorganized asocial offenders
Characteristics of _______________ are lives alone, sexually incompetent, socially inept, unemployed, etc
Disorganized asocial offenders
___________________ 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
Disorganized
_________________ 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
Organized
________________ is when you’re looking for the offender’s most likely characteristics
Initial profile
Are profiles insightful?
No
Do investigators believe profiles are insightful?
Yes
___________________ is when investigators focus too heavily on what the profile suggests that they don’t think of the other options.
Tunnel vision
The first key assumption of profiling is ____________________
Behavioural consistency
A _______________________ is a bigger picture perspective
Molar perspective
To a criminologist defines behavioural consistency as a ___________ perspective
Molar
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)
Molecular
The ___________________ is the idea that criminals that exhibit similar characteristics should create similar types of crimes.
Homology assumption
The _________________ assumes that similar crimes are committed by similar people.
Homology assumption
___________________ include age, criminal record, marital status, ethnicity, education, employment, and residence.
Offender characteristics
__________________ include disguise, apologizes, threats, blindfold, surprise attack, weapon, and steals property.
Crime scene behaviours
Research shows that there is no relationship between offender characteristics and crime scene characteristics. True or false?
True
