Offender Profiling Flashcards
1
Q
What is offender profiling?
A
A behavioural and analytical tool intended to help investigators predict and profile characteristics of the unknown offender.
2
Q
Who developed the top-down approach and when?
A
The FBI in the 1970’s
3
Q
How was the top-down approach developed?
A
They interviewed 36 sexually-oriented serial murderers to identify major personality and behavioural characteristics that could be used to classify future offenders and make predictions about their likely characteristics.
4
Q
What are the four stages of the top down approach?
A
data assimilation
crime scene classification
crime reconstruction
profile generation
