PSYC 3310 Chapter 4: chapter 4
12 May 2017
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Edison company and the date the injury occurred. Organized killers: carefully select and stalk victims, plan out what they will do to them, show patience and self-control, wait till right moment, clean up evidence after, more elaborate rituals involving torturing or dismembering victim. Impulsive: random victims, acting from sudden rage or from voices in their heads instructing them, use any weapon available, use dead body for sexual purposes. Cross-situational consistency: how consistent the criminal behaviour of an individual is across crimes, aspects of our basic personalities remain stable over time, behaviour however, is powerfully determined by the situation. In murder cases: the characteristics of the victim, the setting, the emotional state of the killer can change. Currently no accepted educational requirements for criminal profilers, no ethical guidelines, no peer review. Alternative profiling methods: viclas and geographic profiling use sophisticated computerized technology to help identify and narrow the pool of potential suspects.
