PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psych

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Adelle Forth

Document Summary

Once you know someone"s personality you can use different interrogation techniques. James brussel was asked to make a profile. Profiles are usually only made for serial crimes. That way an investigator can notice the victomology, location, method of killing etc The same personality traits will be manifested each time a crime is committed. Ambiguous advice: too many people fit the profile. Myth of the expert: not much education or experience required to build a profile. Look at the location of crime and based on that attempt to figure out where the perpetrator lives. Most suspects live near where the crime was committed. The offender will live within a certain radius of all the crimes committed. Probability of crime increase closer to suspects home.