WK5 Profiling Flashcards

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meta-analysis

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statistical combination results of two or more seperate studies

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Profiling

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crime scene analysis to assist in the detection, apprehension of offenders by drawing inferences about them from information at the crime scene

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false negatives

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profile rules out an offender type that turns out to be correct

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false positives

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profile suggests an offender type that tursn out to be wrong

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true negative

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predicts profile of likely non-offender that doesn’t decsribe offender

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true positive

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predicts profile of likely offender and tursn out to describe offender

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clinical practitioner approach

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psycholoical profile based on psychological thepry and clinical experience

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criminal investigative approach

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fitting crime to known offender types

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scientific statistical approach

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building profile from actuarial crime data

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geographic approach

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examines movement patterns associated with the crime, to provide location of offenders residence or place of work

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psychoanalytic theory

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crime is the result of unresolved psychic tensions. emphasis on relationship with mother

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oedipal complex

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in love with mother, see’s father as competition

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high guilt

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commits crime to recieve punishment

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developmentally fixated

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regress to earlier developmental stage

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personality trait theory

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based on assumption that personality traits result in consistent patterns of behaviour

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sexually motivated murderer

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engages in masturbatory fantasies about victim, sadistic urges where primary aim is to kill

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sexually triggered murderer

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commits agressive but controlled murder, kills to navoid detection

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grievance motivated murderer

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aggressive, uncontrolled murder. humiliation of victim with sexual theme. no prior intention to kill but responds to some action with violence

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3 main offender types

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sexually motivated, sexually triggered and grievance motivated

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FBI Profiling process

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data assimilation, crime scene classification, profile generation, crime reconstruction

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modus operandi

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the steps and actions taken by offenders to commit crime

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psychological signature

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distinctive features of crime that reflect characteristics of offenders

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Top down approach

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starts with big picture, fitting cases to an existing typology

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bottom up approach

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starts with small details to build big picture, acuatarial methods

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picquerism

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sexual pleasure from stabbing/cutting

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overkill

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level of violence excessive to need

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degradation

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body left in public view

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posing

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bodies left in sexually revealing manner

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escalation

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offender becomes more violent with each offence

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planning

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no clues left

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instrumental opportunistic

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very little planning

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instrumental cognitive

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thought and planning applied

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expressive impulsive

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done in the spur of the moment

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rational choice perspective

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idea that individuals always make rational choices

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least effort principle

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that offenders are likely to act on the first or closest/easiest option

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buffer zone

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doing a crime far enough away from your home that you won’t be suspected

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routine activity theory

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the result of everyday opportunities with 3 factors at play- motivated offender, no capable guardian, suitable target

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awareness space

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mental map

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anchor point

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usually home

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nodes

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location of activity that criminal uses regularly

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target backcloth

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availability of target in a given area

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decaying curve

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likelihood of crime occurring decreases, the further a criminal moves away from their home

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5 parts of crime pattern theory

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awareness space, nodes, target backcloth, decaying curve, anchor point

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crime forecasting

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predicting the next crime/target

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geographic profiling

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criminal investigative methodology that analyses locations of connected series of crimes