Introduction To Offender Profiling: Analysing the Criminal Mind

Introduction to Offender ProfilingAnalysing the Criminal MindThis 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;– The Crime scene– The victim– Other available evidenceOffender profiling does not solve crime or identify individuals, but it does provide a means of narrowing the range of potential suspects (Holmes & Holmes 1996)ContentsForeword4Part 19Introduction to Offender Profiling9Who is the Profiler?11Types of Offender Profiling12Part 213The History of Offender Profiling13History of Criminal Profiling13The First UK Offender Profile15The first United States Offender Profile16What makes a serial offender?23Offender Profiling - Where it all started25The Salem Witch Trials25Pre-Enlightenment Europe29Medieval Trials31Part 335Crime Analysis35Criminal analysis37Dissemination38Types of Crime Analysis - Who’s did what TO whom38Time Event Charts (TEC)39What is a crime scene pattern/series/trend?39Crime Linkage40Categorisation43Part 445Current Approaches to Offender Profiling45Approaches to profiling46The British method of Offender Profiling46The ‘bottom-up’ approach46Top Down - The American method47Disorganised Offenders Features:48Offender Profiling in the UK/Ireland,50Forensic Investigation53Investigative Psychology53Stages of the Profiling Process57Victimology59Crime timeline60Typology61Typological Profiling63Crime Scene One:65Crime Scene two:66Psychoanalysis in criminal profiling68Geographical Profiling83Part 589Profiling the Offender89Building an Offender Profile90Psychopathy and serial offending90Techniques used in criminal profiling.92Paraphilias93Organised v- Disorganised Offenders95The traits of an organised killer95The traits of a disorganised killer97The Types of Killers - Serial killers - spree killers - mass killers98Serial killer –V- Mass Killer –V- Spree Killer101Ireland’s Serial Killers103The top 10 characteristics of a serial killer106MODUS OPERANDI (*M.O)109SIGNATURE109Part 6 – Profiles of Serial Killers111Jack the Ripper111Cayetano Santos Godino113The Babes of Inglewood115Adolf Hitler and the OSS118The Mad Bomber of New York119The Yorkshire Ripper122The Moors Murders124Part 7128The future of Offender Profiling128The Strengths and Weaknesses of Offender Profiling128Strengths129Concerns and Weaknesses131Possible future advances in Offender Profiling132Admissibility and Use in Courtroom134Other Applications135Conclusions137