PSY328H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Psychology, George Metesky
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Plan for today: what is profiling, offender typologies, problems with profiling. Profiling: what do profilers do, come in when asked, assist the investigation + investigators, consulting w/ whatever law enforcement agency available, usually don"t even go to crime scene, usually brought in after all other opinions are exhaustive. Support unit: provide investigators with, a personality composite, what kind of person would do this thing, that isn"t necessary for the crime. It"s above + beyond the crime --> it"s based on their psychological nature: general info about the greatest likelihood that this person has these characteristics. For instance when bush came to visit, was sent over 300 death threats + needed to investigate + analyze each + every one of them. What is the motivation? political, personal, monetary, to terrorize fam), terrorism + product tampering (ex positioning aspirin: why do people commit arson, motives: Insurance money: covering up a crime, pyromania.
