PSYCH230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Victimology, Modus Operandi, Psychoanalysis
24 Jan 2017
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Hunters/trackers: the first profilers, try to isolate particular prey based on physical evidence and habits of the prey. (cid:862)la(cid:455)(cid:863) ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455: ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e used to esta(cid:271)lish o(cid:374)e"s involvement in a case, psychology in everyday interactions. Criminological typing: lombroso: try to prove that offenses people commit are related to facial structure, based on face shape, the individual may be more or less mentally sophisticated. Psychoanalysis: brussel: brussel is highly influential, dealt with mad bomber case, did some of the first work we consider profiling today. Fbi: primarily responsible for popularizing profiling (into mainstream culture, earliest data collection evidence, methods been criticized. Empiricists: data driven focus, scientific effort. Core assumption #1: c(cid:396)i(cid:373)i(cid:374)al (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) is su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t to the sa(cid:373)e set of (cid:862)g(cid:396)a(cid:374)d la(cid:449)s(cid:863) of human behaviour to which noncriminal behaviour is subject: criminals are not a different species. Operate the same way as other humans. Rewarded behaviours are often repeated, while unrewarded behaviours are not.
