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- Under limited conditions it is possible to show associations between the characteristics of offenders and the thematic focus of their crimes. Results provide support for models of thematic consistency that link the dominant themes in an offender's crimes to characteristic aspects of lifestyle and offending history.
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Dec 16, 2010 · Under limited conditions it is possible to show associations between the characteristics of offenders and the thematic focus of their crimes. In general these results provide support for models of thematic consistency that link the dominant themes in an offender's crimes to characteristic aspects of his or her lifestyle and offending history.
- David V. Canter
- 2000
Mar 1, 2008 · Offender profiling, according to the FBI, is “a technique for identifying the major personality and behavioral characteristics of an individual based upon an analysis of the crimes he or she has committed” (Douglas, Ressler, Burgess, & Hartman, 1986, p. 405).
- Ann Crabbé, Stefaan Decoene, Hans Vertommen
- 2008
Feb 1, 2014 · The criminal mind. On the outside, violent offenders come in all shapes, sizes, colors and ages. But on the inside, research finds that they may share some traits. Here’s a look at some of the biological risk factors psychologists and others have linked to violence — and the interventions they’re testing to reduce that risk.
- Miller, Anna
May 20, 2021 · Offender profiling involves the use of psychological approaches to aid in the identification of offenders via predictions about the likely characteristics of perpetrators of crimes.
Jul 3, 2007 · The basic assumptions that have received the most attention from researchers include the stability of offending behavior over time, the consistency of offenders’ behavior between the criminal and non-criminal domains, and the possibility that structure can be found in crime scene behaviors and offender background characteristics.
This chapter outlines two contemporary psychological theories of crime: moral reasoning theory; and the social information-processing approach to explaining crime. It considers theories of three types of serious offending: interpersonal violence, sexual offending and arson.
