Psychology Final; criminal profiling and serial killers

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What did the FBI notice ?

patterns of behavior at unrelated crime scenes, similar life experiences

What are some things common among serial killers?

Childhood abuse, emotional problems. animal abuse, deviance (often sexual)

Typologies (Organized/sociopath)

inteligent, skilled employee, socially competent, relationships, can regulate emotion, plans crime, targets victim, brings weapon, cleans up

Typologies (Disorganized/psychopath)

below average intelligence, unskilled employee, poor social skills, lives alone, sexual dysfunction, impulsive, unprepared, improvised weapon, no clean up

deductive profiling

forms ideas based on crime action of the offender > profiles > seeks out suspect based on profiling

Inductive profiling

forms ideas based on victimology > profiles victim/suspect > seeks out suspect and observes

Antecedent

planning phase (imaging how the suspect picked the victim)

Method/Manner

the execution phase (timeline of events)

Body Disposal

The clean-up phase (assess body disposal)

Post offense behavior

the end phase (What did the suspect do after)

Profiling

analyzing behavvior and patterns associated with criminal activities

Mass murder

someone who kills 4+ people at one location (no cool-off period) one and done

Spree Killer

someone who kills 2+ at more than one location in short period of time (little to no cool off) short fuse type

serial killer

someone who kills 2+ at more than one location over a period of time (cool off) long term, methodical

Serial killer typologies (visionary)

driven by hallucinations (psychotic) mission oriented, driven by cognitive distortions

Serial killer typologies (power/control)

driven to have power/control over another (narcissistic/psychopath/sociopath)

Serial killer typologies (Hedonistic)

driven by pleasure (lust, thrill, comfort/gain, media)

Genene Jones

Baby killer, heard voices, worked as a nurse and poisoned 60 infants, hospital covered it up to not get sued, mission oriented

Ed Kemper

co-ed killer, wanted to be loved by his mother, killed grandparents, got out of jail and killed co-eds ,killed mother (brutally, irrumatio (oral w/ head)), mission oriented

Jeffery Dahmer

Milwaukee Cannibel, power/control killer

John Wayne Gacy

Killer clown, dissociative personality disorder, pogo (non violent identity), lured young men in to rape/kill, dead bodies found under house, hedonistic

Tommy Lynn Sells

Coast to coast killer, killing was like a drug, killed randomly

Nannie Doss

Husband killer, killed families and husband, collected life insurance policies, hedonistic/mission oriented

Dennis Lynn Rader

BTK strangler, killed 10 people over 17 years, caught by DNA