Exam 3: Alternative Methods of Criminal Profiling

What is the most commonly known nomothetic method of criminal profiling?

According to the FBI's profiling method, which of the following is true regarding an organized crime scene?

In regards to geographic profiling, the commuter model assumes that offenders will "strike out" from their base in the commission of their crimes.

According to the FBI's method of profiling, an organized crime scene is one with evidence of planning.

Criminal Investigative Analysis is considered a method of criminal profiling.

Explain the difference between idiographic and nomothetic knowledge. Provide one example of an idiographic profiling method and one example of a nomothetic profiling method.

The vast majority of criminal profiling methodology is concerned primarily with, or based primarily on, idiographic study.

Diagnostic evaluation profiles are commonly offered as a footnote to primary reports, such as mental health evaluations, personality inventories, or autopsy findings.

_________refers to the idea that the frequency of crimes decreases as the offender travels farther from his or her home.

Which of the following is not a main component of the five-factor model of Investigative Psychology?

Nomothetic offender profiles are characteristics developed by studying groups of offenders.