Profiling 1
Reconstructive psychological evaluation or psychological autopsy.
Reconstructing deceased person's emotional life, behavior patterns, and cognitive features.
Help determine cause of death.
What is equivocal death analysis?
Cas Focused
Analysis of crime(s) evidence
ID of a single offender based on material from one case
Assumes each case is unique
Based on experience
What is Clinical Approach.
Killing four or more individuals at a single location
NO cooling-off period between murders
Rare
What is mass murder?
Shootings
Simple/Aggravated Assault
Robbery
Sexual Assault
What are the four components of school violence?
The offender attempts to harm other or an organizations and ranges from subtle or hidden actions and active confrontations or destruction of property.
What is workplace aggression?
Developed by FBI's Behavioral Science Unit.
Identifying personality traits, behavior patterns, habits of an unknown offender based on characteristics of the crime.
What is Crime Scene Profiling?
Databased gathered from groups of offenders
Base rates
Actuarial Approach
Killing of three or more individuals with no cooling off period
Occurs at two or more locations
What is spree murder?
Epidemic
All are alike
Always a loner
Exclusively motivated by revenge
Easy access to weapons is the most significant factor
Unusual behaviors/interests are hallmarks of violent students
What are myths of school shootings?
The offender intends to cause serious physical or bodily harm.
Done to individual(s) with in organization or organization itself.
What is workplace violence?
Actions offender engages in to commit a crime successfully.
What is modus operandi?
Threat Assessment
Risk Assessment
ID and predict individual behavior in known individuals
Cooling off periods, muders are premeditated and planned
What is serial murder?
Social Rejection + gun interest/fasciniation with death/psych problems
Most workplace murder is committed by individuals outside the organization.
What is true?
Another feature of crime scene profiling in which it is beyond necessary for crim. Related to unique cognitive processes of the offender.
What is signature?
ID the psychological and behavioral features of persons who may commit a particular crime.
What is suspect-based profiling?
Vulnerable victims (prostitues), linked cases, geographic pattern
What is "knowing" it's a serial murder?
Form of peer aggression where one or more individuals repeatedly physically, verbally, and/or psychologically harass a weaker victim.
What is bullying?
No legitamate relationship to workplace
Enters to commit criminal action
Convience stores, taxi drivers, terrorist and hate crimes
What is workplace violence type 1?
Operational support
Training
Research
What are the tasks of the NCAVC?
Locating an offender's base of operations.
Use of computer software.
Helpful ni investigating a variety of serial crimes.
Geographical Profiling
White males, loners, can never stop, raised in abusive or dysfuntional families
What are myths of serial murders?
Physical, Verbal, and Psychological
Recipient of service provided by victim or workplace.
Former client, patient, customer.
What is workplace violence type 2?