Forensic psychology: offender profiling

Question 1

what is offender profiling?

Answer 1

.process employed by the police using the available information about a crime scene in order to complete a profile about an unknown perpetrator

Question 2

who created the offender profiling technique?

Answer 2

ainsworth (2001)

Question 3

why is offender profiling useful?

Answer 3

.making finding the offender easier because you can gather a list of characteristics the offender could have
.can be put into the media so the public are aware of the potential offender

Question 4

what are the two types of offender profiling?

Answer 4

.top down approach
.bottom up approach