Lesson 2

Question 1

In Home Alone, the thief’s that try to rob all the nice houses that are empty on Christmas decide to let all the houses overflow, by opening all the taps and blocking the sink. What is the definition for this characteristic in the forensic psychology?

Answer 1

A signature (of a crime)

Question 2

Janneke and Beau always steals worldmaps in the KermitKikkerWorldMapStore. Janneke does this by releasing a giant Panda in the store. When the Panda walks around she runs to the maps and takes all the maps she can carry. Beau, on the other hand always hires a dozen strippers and let them deceive the staff. When no one is looking she uses a mapmagnet to take all the maps away.

What is the definition for the differences in stealing worldmaps between Janneke and Beau? They both use a different …… .

Answer 2

Modus Operandi: a certain method in a crime.

Question 3

True or false: profiling is the process of identifying personality traits and behavioral tendencies, just like Sherlock Holmes does in the movie.

Answer 3

False: profiling can certainly be done by identifying personality traits or behavioral traits, but also: geographical locations and demographic or biographic (persoonlijk verhaal) descriptors.