LS372 Lecture 3: LS 372- LECTURE 3/4
13 Feb 2017
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Core assumptions of profiling: profiling in criminal behaviour is subject to same laws as non-criminal behaviour rewarded behaviour tends to be repeated, corollary 1a) Lewin b= f (p,e), where e= (v+c) Found that variables could be replaced with situational unique personal characteristics of the individual. Criminal behaviour can reflect relatively stable inferable characteristics. Cant be purely situational, if you a profiler, some things are based off of chance, things that are specific and observable vs conjecture. Criminal behaviour is not exclusively outgrowth of psychopathology. Q: what do offenders have to do that everyone else also has to do. Criminal behaviour like human behaviour can be symbolic. When offenders do other behaviours that are not necessary for commission of the crime. Why would someone shoot someone 14 times at close range. Centres around explanation of an event or set of events.
