PY 377 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Tubal Ligation, Fundamental Attribution Error, Confirmation Bias
13 Oct 2017
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In 1957 police attempted to discover the suspect who was behind 30 bombings that took place in new york: they consulted a psychiatrist who told them to look for a middle aged heavy set, eastern. Individual risk factors for criminal behavior are not risk factors for terrorism or serial murder. Classifying homicide offenders: mass and serial murderers: most homicides have been committed by killers who were well acquainted with their victims but have a personal motive to kill them. Was the body moved or was the body found where the crime was committed: crime assessment- profiler attempts to reconstruct the behavior of the offender and the victim. This includes race, sex, age, marital status, living arrangements and employment. The validity of criminal profiles: different kinds of crime scenes can be classified with reasonable reliability and that difference in these crimes do correlate with certain characteristics. Inaccurate profiles are very common: many psychologists did not view profiling as scientifically reliable.
