AJ 174: criminal profiling
Cesar characterized the physical characteristics to crime types, endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph. Match the physical characteristics with its description.
- Endomorph: a person whose body is soft & round, the muscles are not fully developed - Mesomorph: a person whose body hard, muscular - Ectomorph: a person whose body is thin, tall, fragile, and young in appearance
Match the characteristics with either an Organized or Disorganized killer.
- Victims body is hidden :organized - Offense is planned: organized - Crime scene reflects control: organized - Offense is spontaneous: disorganized - Crime scene is random and sloppy: disorganized - Offender performs sexual acts after victim's death: disorganized
Who created a typology of criminals that included these four classes: - Born Criminals - Criminals by Passion - Insane Criminals - Occasional Criminals
Cesar Lombroso
Dr. Thomas Bond provided a profile of Jack the Ripper. Which of the following are characteristics of Jack the Ripper's profile?
middle aged, well groomed, unemployed, and loner
Deductive profiling is a thorough analysis of the crime scene and the evidence left at the scene can provide a mental picture of the unknown offender.
true
The advantages of an inductive approach to profiling are that it is quick and inexpensive and the profiler need not have a special skill or knowledge of human behavior.
true
