criminal profiling

Question 1

What are profiles created on?

Answer 1

murders, arson, assault, burglary, terrorism, stalking and other types of organised/disorganised type

Question 2

other pieces of information in criminal profiles

Answer 2

• the crime committed
• the crime scene or scenes
• the victim or victims
• the police reports of the crime
• the autopsy report and results of other forensic tests

Question 3

what plays a large role by forensic psychologists? (other than assisting authorities with crime)

Answer 3

• The mental health of prisoners

Question 4

Profiling - what is it?

Answer 4

• Profiling is a speical investigative techique that forensic psychologists use when working with police to solve a crime.
• when analysing a crime scene, the forensic psychologists play an important role in determining the identity of a person who has committed a crime by using a variety of information

Question 5

Profilers

Answer 5

• It is helpful to narrow down suspects when profiling doesn’t directly give the offender’s name
• Forensic psychologists who specialise in the area are called profilers.
• profilers develops a report that summarises the triats and tendencies of a criminal or offender