The first area of profiling discussed in the book is crime scene profiling. Crime scene profiling is using evidence from the scene of a crime to put together a profile of a suspect based on behavioral and cognitive patterns, motive, and psychological qualities as well. Although crime scene profiling doesn’t usually lead directly to a suspect, it does help form a reasonable assumption for who they may be looking for.
The next area discussed is Geographic profiling. Geographic profiling is an approach of narrowing down either the approximate location of a suspect’s residence or location of the next crime. Investigators are known to use maps to keep track of perpetrators body disposal sights, areas of crimes committed, and known hot spots. …show more content…
The objective is to survey the likelihood that somebody will hurt them selves or another person.
Suspect-based profiling involves identifying psychological or behavioral traits in someone that may execute a specific crime. It estimates that the rate of criminality of the individuals from specific gatherings is proportionately higher than found in the all- inclusive community.
Last but not least, equivocal death analysis is more or less said to be a psychological autopsy, is used to determine the cause of death, reason and frame of mind of the person if it was a suicide. If I was only able to rely on one it would probably be crime scene profiling because You can tell a lot from a crime scene such as behaviors of that specific perpetrator. Also you can determine whether you are looking for and organized or disorganized criminal. I feel it is the best option to obtain the most …show more content…
Their crimes are planned, well thought out, and staged to prevent investigators from finding evidence. Disorganized offenders on the other hand are of below-average intelligence, socially inadequate, with an anxious mood during the crime, which usually leads to a messy crime scene with lots of evidence such as blood or fingerprints. These terms are beneficial to profiling as it give the investigators as starting point and an idea of characteristics of the person they may be looking for. But, because a lot of these characterizations are generalizations, they do not describe every organized/disorganized offender unequivocally. The research conducted by Douglas-Ressler was the beginning of the O/D Dichotomy. The researchers came up with a 57-page questionnaire to use while interviewing inmates. During the project 36 imprisoned sexual killers were interviewed. The inmates were asked questions about their crime scene behaviors and background. Based on this information researchers looked for patterns and similarities in killer’s backgrounds, personalities, and types of crime. They then divided these killers into 2 categories. 24 ent into the category of organized and 12 were considered disorganized. Although this is just one study, based on a small sample size I wouldn’t exactly use it to support the use of these terms although personally, I do
The next area discussed is Geographic profiling. Geographic profiling is an approach of narrowing down either the approximate location of a suspect’s residence or location of the next crime. Investigators are known to use maps to keep track of perpetrators body disposal sights, areas of crimes committed, and known hot spots. …show more content…
The objective is to survey the likelihood that somebody will hurt them selves or another person.
Suspect-based profiling involves identifying psychological or behavioral traits in someone that may execute a specific crime. It estimates that the rate of criminality of the individuals from specific gatherings is proportionately higher than found in the all- inclusive community.
Last but not least, equivocal death analysis is more or less said to be a psychological autopsy, is used to determine the cause of death, reason and frame of mind of the person if it was a suicide. If I was only able to rely on one it would probably be crime scene profiling because You can tell a lot from a crime scene such as behaviors of that specific perpetrator. Also you can determine whether you are looking for and organized or disorganized criminal. I feel it is the best option to obtain the most …show more content…
Their crimes are planned, well thought out, and staged to prevent investigators from finding evidence. Disorganized offenders on the other hand are of below-average intelligence, socially inadequate, with an anxious mood during the crime, which usually leads to a messy crime scene with lots of evidence such as blood or fingerprints. These terms are beneficial to profiling as it give the investigators as starting point and an idea of characteristics of the person they may be looking for. But, because a lot of these characterizations are generalizations, they do not describe every organized/disorganized offender unequivocally. The research conducted by Douglas-Ressler was the beginning of the O/D Dichotomy. The researchers came up with a 57-page questionnaire to use while interviewing inmates. During the project 36 imprisoned sexual killers were interviewed. The inmates were asked questions about their crime scene behaviors and background. Based on this information researchers looked for patterns and similarities in killer’s backgrounds, personalities, and types of crime. They then divided these killers into 2 categories. 24 ent into the category of organized and 12 were considered disorganized. Although this is just one study, based on a small sample size I wouldn’t exactly use it to support the use of these terms although personally, I do