Exam 2 - Lecture's 16

Question 1

Profiling (retroclassification)-

Drawing inferences about on criminal’s personality, __________, motivation, and __________ based on crime scene and other evidence

Answer 1

• behavior

- demographics

Question 2

BAU 1 (\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, arson and bombing matters)
BAU 2 (threats, cyber crime, and public corruption)
BAU 3 (crimes against \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ )
BAU 4 (crimes against adults, ViCAP)
BAU 5 (\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ , strategy, and instruction)

Answer 2

• counterterrorism
• children
• research

Question 3

ViCaP – Violent Crimes Apprehension Program

-__________ available as a tool to all law enforcement agencies nationwide

Answer 3

Database

Question 4

__________ -

“Father of profiling”

Answer 4

John Douglas

Question 5

__________ - something done to fulfill or satisfy the offenders emotional state

Answer 5

Signature

Question 6

__________ -

- what is needed to complete the crime

Answer 6

Modus Operandi (MO)

Question 7

-FBI Stages of Profiling-

__________ -
Available information is examined (autopsy, crime scene, victim profiles, etc.)

Answer 7

Assimilation Phase

Question 8

-FBI Stages of Profiling-

__________ -
Attempts to apply typological classification to murder

Answer 8

Classification stage

Question 9

• FBI Stages of Profiling-
• Behavioral __________ & Modus operandi
• Identification of the __________

Answer 9

• sequence

- Signature

Question 10

-FBI Stages of Profiling-

__________ -
Include interview/interrogation techniques, demographic characteristics, family background etc

Answer 10

-Construct full profile

Question 11

Research on Criminal Profiling-

Copson (1995)

• Most responding detectives reported that profiles were helpful
• Only ___% led to a successful identification of a perpetrator

Answer 11

2.7

Question 12

Research on Criminal Profiling-

Compared trained profilers, psychologists, detectives, psychics, and psychology students

• Profilers were slightly better at guessing __________ attributes but less accurate at predicting __________ processes, social habits, and personal __________
• Overall __________ accuracy than all other groups

Answer 12

• physical
• thought
• history
• worse

Question 13

-Psychological Autopsies-

• involves attempts to dissect and examine – state of individual prior to death
• Based on several sources of information (e.g., records, interviews)
• Contains __________ results
• Courts receptive to results in civil cases but less in criminal cases

Answer 13

• psychological

- equivocal