Offender Profiling: Bottom up approach

Question 1

What is the basis of the bottom up approach?

Answer 1

Generate a picture of the offender, including their likely characteristics, routine behaviour and social background - through systematic analysis of evidence at the crime scene

Question 2

Who was it developed by?

Answer 2

David Canter

Question 3

What is investigative psychology?

Answer 3

Attempts to apply statistical procedures and psychological theory to analysis of a crime scene

Question 4

What does investigative psychology aim to establish?

Answer 4

Patterns or behaviour that are likely to exist, or co-exist at a crime scene