Tuesday 22 March 2016

A Beginners Guide to Offender Profiling - Teresa Clyne - author and lecturer

The guide provides clear and concise information on central issues such as the origins of criminal profiling from the American Top Down Theories of Offenders behaviours and actions to the UKs Bottom Up Theories, it has its roots in FBI profiling methodology and limitations of profiling are also explained to the reader.
If you are interested in criminal profiling and would like to learn more, An Introduction to Offender Profiling; analysing the Criminal Mind is the perfect place to start.
Have you ever wondered how profilers profile offenders?, how they can gather so much information about a suspect from such things as the age and race and gender of the offender from the crime scene or victims.
Offender Profiling providing a likely description of an offender based on an analysis of
– Crime scene
– The victim
– Other available evidence
Offender Profiling does not solve crime or identify individuals, but it does provide a means of narrowing the range of potential suspects (Holmes & Holmes 1996)
The British method – a ‘bottom-up’ approach to Offender Profiling
Research from “Canter” reveals that the bottom up approach is:
Based on psychological theories and methodologies (cognitive social)
Formulated to show how and why variations in criminal behavior occur
Consistent within actions of offenders
More objective & reliable than the American Top down model. Canter (1980s)
Approaches to profiling – Top Down – The American method
Classification system for several serious crimes, especially rape and murder
For example: murders classified as ‘organised’ or ‘disorganised’
Organised offenders Features:
Planned crimes
Self-control
Covers tracks
Victim is stranger
Characteristics:
Intelligent
Skilled occupation
Socially competent
Angry/depressed
Disorganised Offenders Features:
Unplanned crimes
Haphazard
Leaves clues
Characteristics:
Socially inadequate
Unskilled
First/last born child
Lives alone
Knows victim
Confused/frightened. (Rossiter et al 1988)

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Teresa