Forensic Psychology first 3 topics
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- Created on: 26-09-14 10:48
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- Forensic Psychology
- Offender Profiling
- Typology - FBI (USA)
- Classifies offenders as either;
- Disorganised: No planning, victim known, no restraints, body in open view - below average intelligence, socially inadequate, lives alone
- Organised: Planning, victim is stranger, use of restraints, body hidden - average/high intelligence, socially competent, living with partner
- Classifies offenders as either;
- Geographical - (UK
- Approached by looking at the location of crimes and inferring a base location of offending
- Canter looked at the case of the 'Railway ******' and determined suspects through geographical profiling.
- Approached by looking at the location of crimes and inferring a base location of offending
- Typology - FBI (USA)
- Measuring Crime
- Official statistics
- Produced by the home office, only account for crimes that are reported and recorded (about 25%)
- Victim Surveys
- BCS survey conducted every 2 years on people ages 16-24 asking about crime encountered and fear of crime.
- Offender self report
- Focusing on those who have previously offended and who are at risk. Age 10-25 are interviewed about anti-social behaviour. Sample is about 5000.
- Official statistics
- Problems in defining crime
- Age: - A 3 year old theft x= teen theft. - Focused around level of understanding - Age of criminal responsibility is 10 y.o.
- Culture - Crime in one culture is not a crime in other cultures - society decides what is acceptable behaviour - in some ethnic minorities forced marriage is acceptable (not in UK)
- Offender Profiling
- Canter looked at the case of the 'Railway ******' and determined suspects through geographical profiling.
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