Forensic Flashcards
1
Q
Crime
A
an act committed in violation of the law of a particular society and has punishments
2
Q
Deviance
A
Anything that breaks or causes offence to societal norms and values
3
Q
Offender profiling
A
Observable details of a crime scene and use it to make descriptions about the offender
4
Q
Aims of offender profiling
A
- narrow field of enquiry & list of likely suspects
- helps solve and identity offenders
5
Q
What country uses the top-down approach
A
US
6
Q
Top down approach
A
Using knowledge and information from previous crimes and offenders to match with the current offender
7
Q
What was the top down approach based on
A
- based on interviews with 36 sexually motivated murderers as it was hypothesised they had similar characteristics
8
Q
Organised offenders
A
- usually plan crimes ahead of time
- high intelligence
- target a specific victim
- very little evidence of crime
9
Q
Disorganised offender
A
- act impulsively
-below average intelligence - lots of evidence at the crime scene
10
Q
Limitation of the top down approach
A
- small sample size
- lacks validity : limited to sexually motivated murderers
- interviews weren’t standardised so lacked objectivity
- ## organised/ disorganised relies on a false dichotomy (unsuitable)
