WK5 Profiling Flashcards
(45 cards)
meta-analysis
statistical combination results of two or more seperate studies
Profiling
crime scene analysis to assist in the detection, apprehension of offenders by drawing inferences about them from information at the crime scene
false negatives
profile rules out an offender type that turns out to be correct
false positives
profile suggests an offender type that tursn out to be wrong
true negative
predicts profile of likely non-offender that doesn’t decsribe offender
true positive
predicts profile of likely offender and tursn out to describe offender
clinical practitioner approach
psycholoical profile based on psychological thepry and clinical experience
criminal investigative approach
fitting crime to known offender types
scientific statistical approach
building profile from actuarial crime data
geographic approach
examines movement patterns associated with the crime, to provide location of offenders residence or place of work
psychoanalytic theory
crime is the result of unresolved psychic tensions. emphasis on relationship with mother
oedipal complex
in love with mother, see’s father as competition
high guilt
commits crime to recieve punishment
developmentally fixated
regress to earlier developmental stage
personality trait theory
based on assumption that personality traits result in consistent patterns of behaviour
sexually motivated murderer
engages in masturbatory fantasies about victim, sadistic urges where primary aim is to kill
sexually triggered murderer
commits agressive but controlled murder, kills to navoid detection
grievance motivated murderer
aggressive, uncontrolled murder. humiliation of victim with sexual theme. no prior intention to kill but responds to some action with violence
3 main offender types
sexually motivated, sexually triggered and grievance motivated
FBI Profiling process
data assimilation, crime scene classification, profile generation, crime reconstruction
modus operandi
the steps and actions taken by offenders to commit crime
psychological signature
distinctive features of crime that reflect characteristics of offenders
Top down approach
starts with big picture, fitting cases to an existing typology
bottom up approach
starts with small details to build big picture, acuatarial methods
