SOC 4733 Study Guide - Final Guide: Disorganized Crime, Asphyxia, Offender Profiling
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Criminal investigators profile victims to: examine, consider and interpret particular victim evidence in a scientific fashion in order to answer and investigate and forensic questions (p. 165, the goals of forensic victimology are : Assist in understanding elements of the crime. Assist with the development of offender motive. Assist with establishing the offender"s exposure level. Help establish the nature of victim exposure to harm or loss. A view that presumes that it is okay, or not as bad, to commit crimes against people of certain lifestyles, races, religions or creeds: vilification (p. 169) Signature differs from mo by: a signature deals with why an offender commits a crime, a mo deals with how the offender commits a crime, p. 334. A crime scene that is messy with a lot of physical evidence can suggest: a disorganized and psychotic offender, p. 76.
