4.1 Criminal Profiling & Vocab
What is offender profiling?
used to help find suspects using forensic and behavioral evidence
9/11 terrorist attack is an example of a...
mass murder
prevents future crime by discouraging one from an action by instilling fear about the consequences
ex: a drunk driver may get his license taken away
deterrence
Summarize the American "top down" approach
- subjective evidence
- based on known information
Tom has been arrested for committing a series of murders involving hitchhikers. Police examine prior records and observe behavior of Tom during police interviews. It is noted that Tom is easily agitated, nervous, and has frequent emotional outbursts and fits of rage. Tom did not graduate from school and has not been able to keep a job for more than a few months. Tom fits the description of a
mission killer, disorganized, psychopath
prevents future crime by attempting to alter the offenders behavior via counseling or therapeutic treatments
rehabilitation
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Summarize British approach or bottom up processing
- based on data processing to identify associations between offender and crime
A serial murderer targets middle aged women who resemble his mother who abused him as a child. He has killed at least 8 women over a period of two years. Each victim has cigarette burns on the back that medical examiners determined to have been done after death. The cigarette burns would be considered
a signature
with this method, officials prevent the actions of an offender by locking them up
ex. back to back life sentences
incapacitation
A person suffering from a chronic mental disorder (chemical imbalance) with abnormal or violent social behavior; no sense of guilt
psychopath
What is enuresis
bed wetting
What is restitution
the intent is for the perpetrator to compensate their victims for the harm done to them.
ex. pay back money that you stole from someone
Draw out the MacDonald Triad: 3 characteristics and the predictor in the middle
enuresis, fire setting, and animal cruelty
predicts future violent behavior
Create a chart to compare serial and mass murder
- 2 characteristics to describe each category
Serial- cooling off, sociopath
Mass- kill as many people as possible in one location, can end in suicide or capture
DOUBLE JEOPARDY- Describe retribution and give an example
remove the revenge factor for a wrong or criminal act