Forensic Psychology- Offender Profiling Flashcards
What are the two styles of offender profiling?
Bottom-up approach and top-down approach
Where is the top-down approach used?
America
Where is the bottom-up approach used?
UK
How did the FBI create the top-down approach?
By interviewing 36 convicted serial killers and sex murderers to gain an insight into their thinking and behaviour
What typologies are offenders classified into with the top-down approach?
Organised and disorganised offenders
What are the characteristics of an organised offender?
Intelligent, socially and sexually competent, live with someone and plan their attacks
What are the characteristics of a disorganised offender?
Less intelligent, socially and sexually incompetent, loners, behave impulsively
Who developed the bottom-up approach?
Canter
What are the two parts to the bottom-up approach?
Investigative psychology and geographical profiling
What is interpersonal coherence?
Behaviour of an offender at a crime scene reveals information about their everyday life and characteristics
What are the 4 stages of constructing an FBI profile?
- Data assimilation
- Crime scene classification
- Crime reconstruction
- Profile generation
What characteristics are determined from geographical profiling?
Personal characteristics, criminal history, residential location, domestic and social characteristics, occupational and educational history
