Question 1

Explain the importance of ethical guidelines for the criminal profiler. List 3 ethical guidelines outlined by the Academy of Behavioral Profiling ABP).

Accepted Answer

To both educate and restrain its members, the Academy of Behavioral Profiling ABP) was the first professional organization to publish a set of ethical guidelines specifically designed to address the potential misconduct of criminal profilers.The ABP Ethical Guidelines for Professional Conduct were first published in March of 1999. They were designed to prevent, check, and govern potential abuses of criminal profiles by criminal profilers engaged in research or casework.Ethical guidelines will vary.

Question 2

Criminal profilers engage in forensic fraud when they provide sworn testimony, opinions, or reports bound for court that contain deceptive or misleading findings, opinions, or conclusions, deliberately offered to secure an unfair or unlawful gain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Most criminal profilers operate outside of the specific or written code of professional ethics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

__________are those who physically manipulate physical evidence or related forensic testing.

Accepted Answer

A)  Pseudoexperts 
B)  Simulators 
C)  Dissemblers 
D)  Enablers 
A)  Pseudoexperts 
B)  Simulators 
C)  Dissemblers 
D)  Enablers

Question 5

Criminal profiling can cause harm in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by providing false leads 
B)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by pointing to false suspects 
C)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by excluding viable suspects 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by providing false leads 
B)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by pointing to false suspects 
C)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by excluding viable suspects 
D)  All of the above

Question 6

Explain the difference between a simulator and a dissembler. Provide an example of each.

Accepted Answer

Simulators are those who physically mani

Question 7

What is the most common form of forensic fraud?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pseudoexperts 
B)  Simulators 
C)  Dissemblers 
D)  Enablers 
A)  Pseudoexperts 
B)  Simulators 
C)  Dissemblers 
D)  Enablers

Question 8

The purpose of having criminal profilers on TV is to comfort the public in times of crisis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is true regarding the media and criminal profilers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Profilers are rarely sought out to assist with media-related projects 
B)  The responsibility of the profiler is to educate 
C)  Profilers may represent facts of a case for dramatic purposes only 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Profilers are rarely sought out to assist with media-related projects 
B)  The responsibility of the profiler is to educate 
C)  Profilers may represent facts of a case for dramatic purposes only 
D)  All of the above

Question 10

Criminal profilers have a responsibility to ensure that any research they publish is both relevant and honest.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Criminal profilers have a duty to inform the community regarding unethical conduct, to act as a disincentive to those who actively disregard the mandates of ethical professionalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is not a category of forensic fraud?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pseudoexperts 
B)  Simulators 
C)  Dissemblers 
D)  Enablers 
A)  Pseudoexperts 
B)  Simulators 
C)  Dissemblers 
D)  Enablers

Question 13

The true-crime market dramatizes, vilifies, packages, and sells the acts of violent, predatory offenders to the public.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The problems associated with unethical behavior are unique to the profiling community.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

__________refers to providing sensational coverage of incidents involving death and violence through media programs designed to entertain more than they are designed to provide accurate information.

Accepted Answer

A)  Conformtainment 
B)  Murdertainment 
C)  Sensationalization 
D)  True crime 
A)  Conformtainment 
B)  Murdertainment 
C)  Sensationalization 
D)  True crime

Question 16

Which of the following represents a breach of ethics by virtue of misuse of a profile?

Accepted Answer

A)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by providing false leads 
B)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by pointing to false suspects 
C)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by excluding viable suspects 
D)  Harming the personal life of a citizen by an implication of guilt based solely on the characteristics in the profile 
A)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by providing false leads 
B)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by pointing to false suspects 
C)  Delaying the apprehension of an offender by excluding viable suspects 
D)  Harming the personal life of a citizen by an implication of guilt based solely on the characteristics in the profile

Question 17

What is the easiest form of forensic fraud to investigate and screen?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pseudoexperts 
B)  Simulators 
C)  Dissemblers 
D)  Enablers 
A)  Pseudoexperts 
B)  Simulators 
C)  Dissemblers 
D)  Enablers

Question 18

Define the term forensic fraud. List the 3 general categories of forensic fraud.

Accepted Answer

Criminal profilers engage in forensic fr

Question 19

The Academy of Behavioral Profiling ABP) was the first professional organization to professionalize criminal profiling as a formal discipline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The relationship between the criminal profiler and the media should be the same as any other- the profiler should be there to educate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 24: Ethics and the Criminal Profiler

Explain the importance of ethical guidelines for the criminal profiler. List 3 ethical guidelines outlined by the Academy of Behavioral Profiling ABP).

Criminal profilers engage in forensic fraud when they provide sworn testimony, opinions, or reports bound for court that contain deceptive or misleading findings, opinions, or conclusions, deliberately offered to secure an unfair or unlawful gain.

Most criminal profilers operate outside of the specific or written code of professional ethics.

__________are those who physically manipulate physical evidence or related forensic testing.

Criminal profiling can cause harm in which of the following ways?

Explain the difference between a simulator and a dissembler. Provide an example of each.

What is the most common form of forensic fraud?

The purpose of having criminal profilers on TV is to comfort the public in times of crisis.

Which of the following is true regarding the media and criminal profilers?

Criminal profilers have a responsibility to ensure that any research they publish is both relevant and honest.

Criminal profilers have a duty to inform the community regarding unethical conduct, to act as a disincentive to those who actively disregard the mandates of ethical professionalism.

Which of the following is not a category of forensic fraud?

The true-crime market dramatizes, vilifies, packages, and sells the acts of violent, predatory offenders to the public.

The problems associated with unethical behavior are unique to the profiling community.

__________refers to providing sensational coverage of incidents involving death and violence through media programs designed to entertain more than they are designed to provide accurate information.

Which of the following represents a breach of ethics by virtue of misuse of a profile?

What is the easiest form of forensic fraud to investigate and screen?

Define the term forensic fraud. List the 3 general categories of forensic fraud.

The Academy of Behavioral Profiling ABP) was the first professional organization to professionalize criminal profiling as a formal discipline.

The relationship between the criminal profiler and the media should be the same as any other- the profiler should be there to educate.

A History of Criminal Profiling

Criminal Profiling: Science, Logic, and Cognition

Alternative Methods of Criminal Profiling

Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry, and Criminal Profiling

An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis

An Introduction to Crime Scene Analysis

Forensic Victimology

Sexual Deviance

Sexual Asphyxia

False Reports

An Introduction to Crime Reconstruction

Crime Scene Characteristics

Interpreting Motive

Case Linkage: Offender Modus Operandi and Signature

Cyberpatterns: Criminal Behavior on the Internet

Fire and Explosives: Behavioral Aspects

Inferring Offender Characteristics

Psychopathy and Sadism

Sex Crimes

Domestic Homicide

Mass Murder

Serial Crime

Understanding and Interviewing Terrorists

Criminal Profiling on Trial

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