Exam 12: Responding to Serial Murderers

According to Rossmo, which offender style prefers to travel away from home to hunt victims?

Which of the following is a false statement regarding the Body Farm in Tennessee?

This theory suggests that crime occurs when an opportunity arises within the normal areas an offender travels, such as to and from work, recreation, school, and community activities.

This research suggests that crimes are more likely to occur closer to an offender's domicile and that the farther away he/she travels from home base the fewer crimes they will commit.

Which is not one of the four "crime phases" of murderer behavior that investigators use to develop offender profiles and gain insight into their personalities?

According to Hickey, which of the following is the best response to reducing the number of serial murders?

Race and ethnicity are often associated with specific types of violent crimes.

This profiling tool is used to prioritize a variety of homicides and other serious crimes.Also known as criminal personality assessment, it is applied to other forms of profiling.Profilers match the personality characteristics of a certain type of offender with those of a suspect.

Victims, even in death, are often storybooks about the offender and the circumstances of the crime.

What did Beauregard and Mieczkowski (2012) note in their study of 201 sex offenders?

Who designed the radex model?

_____ draws upon many areas of forensics.

This theory suggests that offenders are more likely to act on their first opportunity in relation to their buffer zone.

The Body Farm is an academic research facility at the University of West Georgia that studies the decomposition of the human body for forensic purposes.

Also referred to as criminal investigation analysis, this form of profiling is based upon the FBI model developed by their Behavioral Science Unit.Psychosocial data are compared to other similar cases and investigators engage in an experiential/informational guessing technique to reconstruct the offenders' personality.

Such profiling is empirically based and has not placed much value on motivation or personality.It does help law enforcement in deciding where to begin knocking on doors and setting up stakeouts.