OFFENDER PROFILING : BOTTOM DOWN APPROACH Flashcards
aim of bottom up approach
generate pic of offender
expand on whats meant by pic of the offender
likely charcteriistics ,
routine behaviour
social background
how do we get pic of offender
systematic analysis of evidence at the crime scene
what ethnicity is bottom up approach
nritish
unlike a US top down approach an investigation using the british bottom up model doesnt begin with
fixed typologies
in the bottom up approach how is the profile
data driven
emerges as investigator engages in deeper and more rigorous scrutiny of details of offence
the BUA is much more what that TDA
grounded in psychological theory
what is the attempt of investigative psychology
apply statistical procedures
alongside psycholiogical theory to the analysiss of crime scene evidence
what is teh aim of investigative psychology in relation to offender profiling q
establish patterns of behaviour that ar elikely to occur or co exost across crime scenes
now you know aim of investigative psychology what is its purpose
to develop a statsitical database whihc acts as a baseline for comparison
through developing a stasistical database - specific details of offence or related offences canbe
matched against this databse to reveal important details about the offender
e.g personal history
family background
what can database in investiatigative psychology hepl us to detremine
whether series of offences are linked , in that they’re likely to have been committed by the same person
central to investigative psychology is concept of
interpersonal coherence
what is interpersonal coherence
way an offender behaves at the scene , including how they interact with the victim may reflect their behaviour in more everyday situations
give an example of interpersonal coherenfe reflecting behaviour in everyday situations
some rapists may want to maintain in control and humiliate their victims others are more apologetic (dwyer 2001)
may tell police about how the offender relates to women more generally
