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Eviscerate |
To remove one or all the organs from the inside of a body |
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Alibi |
Proof that someone who is thought to have comitted a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened |
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MO (Modus Operandi) |
A distinct pattern or manner of working that comes to be associated with a particular criminal |
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Sadism |
The activity of getting pleasure from being cruel to or hurting another person |
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Signature |
A signature is a ritual, something that is done that is not necessary to perpetrate that particular crime. It is unique to the offender. |
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Sociopath |
A term used to describe someone who has antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). People with ASPD will often break rules or make impulsive decisions without feeling guilty for the harm they cause. |
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Trophy |
In the context of violent behaviour or murder, it refers to the act in which a perpetrator keeps a "souvenir" related to the victim |
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UNSUB |
The unidentified person whose crimes are being investigated. Short for "unknown/unidentified subject" |
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Cold Case |
A case becomes cold when all probative investigative leads available to the primary investigators are exhausted and the case remains open and unsolved after a period of three years |
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John/Jane Doe |
A general American Term for an unidentified male/female corpse. |
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Angel of Death |
A type of criminal offender who is usually employed as a caregiver and intentionally harms or kills people under their care. |
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Macdonald Triad |
A term that refers to the presence of three behaviors in childhood as an indicator of later agressive behavior: bedwetting past the age of 5, animal cruelty and firesetting. |
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Victimology |
Branch of criminology that studies the relationship between an injured party and an offender by examining the causes and the nature of the consequent suffering |
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Motive |
Something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certaon thing, etc. |
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Philia |
A tendency towards a particular thing which border on or are full blown obsessions. An abnormal love or appetite for a specified thing. |
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Victim Profile |
A set of approaches and techniques used to predict the characteristics of an unidentified offender through investigating and analyzing the evidence obtained from the scene of crime. |
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Black Widow |
A woman who murders her husband or lovers, often for monetary reasons |
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Borderline Personality Disorder |
Mental illness characterized by chronic instability in the affected individual's mood, relationships and sense of identity |
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Criminal Profiling |
The assumption that characteristics of an offeder can be deduced by a systemic examination of characteristics of the offense |
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Dissociation |
Said to occur when one or more mental processes (such as memory or identity) are split off from the rest of psychological apparatus so that their function is lost, altered or impaired |
