PSYC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Racial Profiling, Necrophilia, Tunnel Vision
6 Apr 2018
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Anchor point: in geographic profiling, the location at which a crime may be committed. Anti-terrorism act (ata): controversial canadian legislation enacted in response to the events of 9/11. The act gives law enforcement agencies more power and resources to combat terrorism, including the right to arrest suspects without a warrant and detain them indefinitely. Behavioural investigate advice (bia): advice offered to investigators by social scientists. Buffer zone: in geographic profiling, the area in which the criminal is less likely to commit crimes. Case linkage: the process of determining whether two or more crimes were committed by the same person. Disorganized killers: people who kill impulsively by picking their victims at random, acting out of sudden rage or because they hear voices telling them to kill. They are more likely to use any weapon that happens to be available, to leave the weapon at the crime scene and to engage in acts of necrophilia.
