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1
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What was the general aim of the study?

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comparing accuracy of professional profilers with control and other groups in constructing profiles of serial arsonists

2
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In order of accuracy, list groups

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1) Professional profilers 2) Science students 3) Senior detectives & fire investigators - no better than control

3
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What was deemed as the key factor in creating accurate profiles?

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objective and logical analysis

4
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What did Hazelwood et al. hypothesise as being requisite skills for profiling?

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1) experience in investigation of crime 2) some understanding of human behaviour/motivation 3) capacity for logical and objective reasoning 4) intuition

5
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Which group did the 2000 study find to be the most accurate?

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The professional profilers - followed by the science students and psychologists

6
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How accurate did the 2000 study find the psychic group to be?

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no more accurate than control

7
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Which group did the 2002 follow up study find to be the most accurate?

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The science students

8
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What was the strange relationship found in the 2002 study?

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Negative relationship between investigative experience and accuracy of profiling. The higher degree of experience, less accurate

9
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Criticisms of current study?

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low female sample, non-uniform administration