PSYC 2400 Study Guide - Electrodermal Activity, Offender Profiling, Polygraph

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Viclas, truth verification, criminal / geographic profiling. Helps determine if criminal cases are linked and help id the responsible person. Facilitates analysis of crime by sharing information across jurisdictions: known vs. unknown offenders. Originally only police were trained on using vicas, now it"s becoming more broad and civilian members are being trained. Analyses: homicides, sexual assaults, missing persons with foul play, non-parental abductions, false allegations of sexual assault of attempted murder, child luring. Only national access, but can call us and ask them to check their vicap database: viclas is also used in some european countries. When a viclas reportable crime is investigated: A viclas booklet completed by an investigator. Statement analysis: linguistic analysis of pure version statement. Answering in their own words an open-ended question. Look for weakness in their statement: deception, omissions, time gaps. A technique for detecting deception through changes in physiology (i. e. respiration, cardio and galvanic skin response)