Offender Profiling: The top- down approach- A03
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- Offender Profiling: The top- down approach- A03
- Only applies to particular crimes
- 1- Best suited to crimes which revel important details about the suspect, such as murder.
- 2. Whereas more common offences such a burglary reveals very little about the offender.
- 3. Therefore, this is a very limited approach to identifying a criminal
- Based on outdated models of personality
- 1. The typology classification system is based on the assumption that offenders have patterns of behaviour that is consistent across all situation and contexts.
- 2. Alison et al argues that is approach is naive and is based on outdated models that do not take into consideration external factors which are constantly changing.
- 3. Therefore, this approach may have very low validity s it is based on static models of personality.
- Evidence does not support the disorganised offender
- 1. Canter et al used small space analysis and analysed data from 100 murderers in the USA.
- 2. The details of each case were examined using 39 characteristics that were typical of organised and dis organised offenders.
- 3. The findings showed evidence of a distinct organised type but not for disorganised.
- 4. Nevertheless the organised/disorganised distinction is still used as a model for professional profilers in the US and has widespread support
- Only applies to particular crimes
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