TOP DOWN APPROACH

TOP DOWN APPROACH

• Aims to narrow the list of suspects.
• FBI interviewed 36 sexually-motivated killers, categorissing them by their behavours of organised and disorganised.
• Offender types based on 'ways of working'.

ORGANISED OFFENDERS:

• Evidence of planning.
• High control and little evidence left.
• Above average IQ
• Usually married with families.

DISORGANISED OFFENDERS:

• Little evidence of planning, spontaneous attack.
• Crime scene reflects impulsive nature, body still…