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bottom up approach

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  • generate picture of offender from evidence - likely characteristics, social background
  • profile is data driven and emerges as investigator engages
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investigative psychology

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  • aims to establish patterns of behaviour that are likely to occur across crime scenes
  • data and details of crime can be matched across crime scenes - series of offences could be linked
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interpersonal coherence

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  • the way an offender acts at the crime scene

- how they interact with the victim

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forensic awareness

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  • individuals who have been subject of police investigations before
  • behaviour suggest how mindful offender was at covering tracks
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Geographical profiling

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  • uses information about location of linked crime scenes to make inferences about likely home or operational base of an offender
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Marauder

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someone who operates in close proximity to home base

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commuter

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someone who is likely to have travelled a distance away from usual residence

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evaluation

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+ evidence - 66 sexual assaults - consistent pattern of behaviour
+ evidence for geographical profiling - 120 US serial killer cases, place where bodies left created a circle of gravity pointing to home base
- Geographical information insufficient - recording of crime inaccurate, age and experience matter