AJ 174: criminal profiling

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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


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