PSY 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Confirmation Bias, Spree Killer, Offender Profiling
9 Mar 2016
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Has vehicle, can take victim away from crime scene, means of restraints available. More likely to live closer to crime scene, mental or emotional disorder that stopped them from doing something more organized. Once you have a suspect, can look at other aspects of their functioning. Profiling suspects may help you narrow in on the kinds of offenders you are looking for. Recently, has gotten blown out of proportion. 2 major units within the fbi that work with profiling. Somebody who kills 4 or more people in a single location during a single period lasting minutes to several hours. More or less continuously killing people at multiple locations, no cooling off period. 3 or more victims at separate events with a cooling off period in between. Input phase: collect all crime scene evidence that you can. What type of homicide, is there a motive, what sort of risk to offender and victim, where was it committed.
