Lesson 2

Question 1

What are the two main goals of profiling?

Answer 1

1. Narrowing down the number of suspects

2. Predicting the next crime

Question 2

What are the three types of offender profiling in court?

Answer 2

1. Motivational analysis
2. Modus operandi (the way someone is killed)
3. Linkage analysis (are two or more crimes commited by the same person by analyzing the cases)

Question 3

What is an inductive argument?

Answer 3

It’s an argument in which the conclusion is made likely by the supporting reasons of premises

Question 4

What is deductive profiling?

Answer 4

It’s a racial or logical process in which offender characteristics are a direct extension of the physical evidence.

Question 5

What kind of basic assumptions of profiling are there?

Answer 5

Consistency assumption + specificity assumption

Question 6

What is the consistency assumption?

Answer 6

Intraindividual behavioral variations across offenses

Question 7

What is the specificity assumption?

Answer 7

This means that some psychologically important avariations between crimes relate to differences in the people who commit them.

Question 8

What is the basic assumption of profiling?

Answer 8

The crime scene reflects the personality of the offender.

Question 9

What is the definition of profiling?

Answer 9

Profiling is the process of identifying personaliy traits, behavioral tendencies, geographical location, and demographic or biological descriptors of an offender based on characteristics of the crime

Question 10

Describe the four stages of a crime scene analysis.

Answer 10

Stage 1: Data assimilation. Bv police reports
Stage 2: Crime scene classification. Organized or disorganized?
Stage 3: Crime reconstruction.
Stage 4: Profile generation.

Question 11

Describe the 5 steps in the 5-factor model of profiling

Answer 11

1. Interpersonal coherence
2. Significance of time and place
3. criminal characteristics
4. Criminal career
5. Forensic awareness

Question 12

What is mapping?

Answer 12

An investigative methodology used to determine the most probable location of an offender’s key anchor point, by analyzing spatial and temporal offense related data.

Question 13

What is a buffer zone?

Answer 13

Zone where offenders not kill, because they could be recognized

Question 14

What’s the difference between a marauder and a commuter (model)?

Answer 14

The marauder commits crimes in a small range, close to his home. The commuter commits crimes far away from his home.