Top Down Approach Flashcards
1
Q
What is their aim?
A
to narrow the field of enquiry working among police in high profile cases
2
Q
What do the methods usually involve?
A
scrutiny of the crime scene and analysis of evidence
3
Q
What is the hypotheses about the offender about?
A
- gender
- age
- background
- education
4
Q
Where did it originate?
A
USA as a result of the FBI’s work
5
Q
What are murderers/rapists classified as?
A
organised/disorganised
6
Q
Characteristics of an organised offender?(7)
A
- control
- targeted victim
- surgical precision
- little evidence left
- above avg intelligence
- married
- have kids
7
Q
Characteristics of a disorganised offender?(7)
A
- little planning
- spontaneous
- body still @ scene
- little control
- lower than avg IQ
- unsuccessful relationships
- live alone
8
Q
4 main stages of constructing an FBI profile?
A
- data assimilation - reviewing evidence
- classification - organised/disorganised
- reconstruction - hypotheses of sequence of events
- profile generation - likely offender etc
9
Q
Who was Ted Bundy?
A
a notorious serial killer in USA
10
Q
What did Ted Bundy do during 1970’s?
A
raped, tortured and murdered over 30 women across 7 states
11
Q
Characteristics of Ted Bundy?
A
- handsome
- successful
