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.What are basic purposes and goals of criminal profiling? |
the process of identifying key factors of an offender based on characteristics of the crime |
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What is the Malleus Maleficarum? |
also known as The Hammer of Witches, represents the first systematic approach for profiling individuals who were supposedly guilty of horrific crimes. |
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What dangers are in inert in profiling? |
+Unless you have hard evidence (not spectral) be very cautious to profile a criminal based on stats/hearsay. |
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In which fields should a profiler be skilled? |
Psychology and Forensics, Law |
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What does Triangulation or Corroboration mean? And important |
Triangulation/Corroboration: When things correspond findings, Ex: Eyewitness, confession and evidence |
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What is Forensic Pathology |
The branch of medicine that applies the principles and knowledge of the medical sciences to problems in the field of law. Ex: Commonly practiced by a medical examiner |
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What is the Relevance of the White Chapel Murders to criminal profiling? |
the investigation offered some of the earliest written documentation on the types of inferences drawn from violent aberrant, predatory criminal behavior by those involved in the criminal investigation.Jack the ripper, private alongside police. Looked at how they were killed, wound analysis, using |
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Chapter 2: Inductive and deductive: Which form of reasoning argues the specific to the general? |
Inductive; based on stats, studies, "Based upon the research and studies we have ..." |
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Which form of reasoning is quantitative and based upon experience? |
Inductive |
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Which form of reasoning is forensic-based and process oriented? |
DeductiveBroad statement but looking at specific pieces of evidence. |
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What is behavioral evidence analysis? |
Using evidence found at scene, what is left behind, to go back in time and see what type of behavior does this physical evidence exhibit-- Ex:Crime scene is disorganized, messy, bloody, could be considered overkill |
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What is the general purpose of deductive profiling; to what can it provide insight |
--Conclusion flows directly from premise given.Takes us from truth to truth. Narrowing, what it can tell us -Provide insight to Physical evidence and behavior. Makes profiler examine everything as a whole. |
