Exam 9: Modus Operandi, Motive, and Technology

As criminals learn about new forensic technologies and techniques being applied to their particular area of criminal behavior, they must be willing to modify their MO, if possible, to circumvent those efforts.

Which of the following is NOT an offense behavior?

Maury Roy Travis was arrested for multiple murders based on:

Modus operandi (MO) is a Latin term that means:

Explain the possible benefits of conducting a thorough analysis of modus operandi during an investigation.

Which offense behavior is characterized by the belief that the victim will enjoy and eroticize the offense behavior and may subsequently fall in love with the offender?

An offender's MO behavior is functional by nature - one of the purposes is that it facilitates the offender's escape.

Motive reflects__________ the crimes were committed.

A criminal's set of learned behaviors that can evolve and develop over time are referred to as:

In the example of programs being released, an example of power assertive offense behavior would be:

In regard to profit-oriented offense behavior, any behavior that is not purely profit motivated, which satisfies an emotional or psychological need, should be examined with the lens of the other behavior motivational types.

In power assertive offense behavior, the offenders may not take precautions that they have learned are generally unnecessary. One reason for this is because: