Offender profiling + atavistic form

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  • Created on: 19-02-23 19:22

1. What is forensic awareness?

  • The idea that offenders who show an understanding of police investigation are likely to have had previous encounters with the police
  • The idea that the way the offender acts at the crime scene is similar to the way they act in everyday situations
  • The idea that crimes tend to be committed in a similar fashion by offenders and can allow psychologists to predict patterns
  • The idea that crime location can tell us where the offender lives or works, and at what times they work
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2. What is profile generation?

  • A review of the evidence
  • The determination of the actions and events surrounding a crime
  • Creation of a hypotheses related to the likely offender
  • The matching of the crime scene to an organised or disorganised offender

3. Who found spatial consistency in 120 studied murder cases? (Supporting evidence for bottom-up approach)

  • Ludrigan and Canter
  • Canter and Youngs
  • Copson

4. What is geographical profiling?

  • The analysis of crime locations in a linked crime series to predict the most probable base or residence of an offender
  • An attempt to apply statistical procedures and psychological theory to evidence in the crime scene, in order to establish patterns of behaviour

5. What is an organised offender?

  • An offender who shows evidence of planning, and who is usually socially competent and clever
  • An offender who shows little evidence of planning, and who is usually socially incompetent and has a low IQ
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