PSYC1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Serial Killer, Heart Rate, Offender Profiling

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1001
• Professor: Caleb Owens

Document Summary

Lie detection: background, types of polygraph tests, how accurate are polygraph tests, profiling. Background: (cid:498)offender profiling is the stuff myths are made of. (cid:499) grubin (cid:523)(cid:887)995(cid:524, profiling is probably what most people imagine forensic psychologists spend their time doing, very few people in australia or uk are employed as profilers. Origins of criminal profiling: early attempts at criminal profiling: Late 1400s: a text was written by contractors to the catholic a murderer who mutilated a number of women in london. Church for the purpose of accurately identifying and eradicating witches. 1888: a police surgeon attempted to profile (cid:494)jack the ripper(cid:495), 1956: most famous early case was that of dr. james brussel(cid:495)s (cid:523)1(cid:891)6(cid:890)(cid:524) profile of the (cid:498)mad bomber. (cid:499) A series of small bombs started to be placed in new york from 1940 onwards. Many of 50+ bombs placed over 17 locations. 1970s: the development of a criminal profiling program at the. Today: similar programs have been developed internationally.