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offender profiling
Offender profiling is an
investigative toocused by DISORGANISED SCENE
the police to narrow down the field of equity. Spontaneous
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It is based on the idea that the characteristics of Victim-known by offender
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offender can be deduced from the characteristics Little control
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an
the offence and the particular
of information ofthe
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Sexualacts before death
crime scene. Body hidden or at crime scene
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not left
Profilers work alongside the police, particularly Evidence present
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during high profile murder cases.
DISORGANISED MURDERER
TOP-DOLN APPROACH -
Less-than-average IQ.
The top-down approach was developed in the US
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Unskilled Uncontrolled
Living alone
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and proposes that evidence from the crime scene can
compared previous crimes to predictfuture Lives near crime
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be to
crimes. socially
a sexually incompetent
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36 convicted offenders (25
serial killers and 11 (instable
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single/double murderers) were interviewed in-depth, Youngestchild
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including Ted Bundy andCharles Manson. This led Hard discipline as child
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to the organised/disorganised Alcohol used
not during crime
typology approach.
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Doesn't follow crime on
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the news
ORGANISED CRIME
SCENE -
Major behaviour change after crime.
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Planned
CONSTRUCTING A PROFILE
Victim-targeted stranger
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control
including restraints, controlled talk.
1) Data Assimilation -
This involves putting
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Aggression before death. together crime scene photos, police and pathology
Body hidden or moved from the crimescene. reports.
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weapon or evidence absent. 2) Crime scene classification -
into either
organised or disorganised.
ORGANISED MURDERER 3)Crime Reconstruction -
where hypotheses are
IQ. victim behaviour and crime
formed about
More-than-average
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skilled & controlled consequence.
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Living with partner 4) Profile Generation -
where hypotheses are
Mobile (is able to travel
by car) formed including demographics, physical
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Socially &
Sexually competent characteristics, behavioural habits etc.
Inconsistentdiscipline as child.
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a
Use of alcohol during crime. The
x approach only works well in explaining crimes
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follows crime on the news. such as rape, arson, murders,etc. where there's a lot
Limited
change in behaviour after crime. evidence.I, However!
of
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Meketa(2017) -
Top down approach recently been
has
~ Canter et al. analysed the details of
100 appliedto burglary. Solved cases has increased by
murderers against39 typical characteristics 85% in 3 states ((IS).
organised, disorganised offenders, finding
of
evidence for the organised. NOT DISORGANISED!X The approach is based on the idea that behaviour and
motivations remain constantacross situations and different
x
The typologies/organised/disorganised) are context. -
Modern theories oppose this and suggest
that
based on an extremely small sample size of the
typology approach is outdated. (Alison al.
et 2002)
only 36 convicted killers.
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