PSY328H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Serial Crime, Geographic Profiling, Disorganized Crime
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Sort the suspect according to how much they match the characteristics the profiler identified, ranking them from the one matching most to the one matching the least. People who have been raped have different personalities profiler can evaluate whether the victim is claiming a legit rape allegation. Called in for weird crimes, not just murder. Profilers don"t come in to solve cases, only prioritize data help police investigation (help solve the case) Consistency (i. e. , same mark on the body) and inconsistency (i. e. , but other differences); if there are some consistencies and some inconsistencies, maybe there is a copycat at loose. Probabilities (this is the probability and why) Statistics: start relating (i. e. , regression), whether this personality has anything to do with it. Nondiscriminatory: should not know who the suspects were (or there will be tunnel vision) when doing profiling. Slide 13: prove guilt (only 3 ways, profiling is not one of them: witness, confession, physical evidence.
