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Forensic Psychology

Forensic Psychology. History. Murder rates increase in 50’s & 60’s- larger stranger crimes 1850-1900: ____ serial killers 1901-1950: ____ 1951-1993: _______!!!. 1972: FBI Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) __________________: opens the unit ______________: headed 11 agents

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Forensic Psychology

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  1. Forensic Psychology

  2. History • Murder rates increase in 50’s & 60’s- larger stranger crimes • 1850-1900: ____ serial killers • 1901-1950: ____ • 1951-1993: _______!!! • 1972: FBI Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) • __________________: opens the unit • ______________: headed 11 agents • Offered ________ to local law enforcement • ________________: 1st to think of criminal profiling • Designed method analyzing _________ offenders in __________ cases • 1977: Agents trained in ____________________________________________ • Goals • ________________ • ________________ • ________________

  3. Profiling • What is profiling • “How? + Why? = Who?” • Early profilers • Traits needed by profiler • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • ___________________________ • Multi-dimensional profiles developed by examining • _____________________________ • _____________________________ • _____________________________ • _____________________________ • _____________________________

  4. Questions to Ask About Killer

  5. Who? Questions to ask about killer • Habits • Living situation • Employment • Education level • Criminal record • Marital status • Mental health • Travel patterns • Personality traits • Was a vehicle used • Is there enslavement to sexual fantasy • What types of wounds were inflicted • What risks did the offender take • How the victim was controlled • Was the evidence staged to look like something else • Did he/she act alone

  6. Serial Killers Serial Killers- kill in a series of events with time in between (at least 3 victims)

  7. Average Serial Killer • White male, lower to middle class background, 20-30 years • Physically/emotionally abused • Average killer career • Male: 4 years • Female: 8 years • Intelligent • Attempted police/military

  8. Victimology • Profiler must learn significant facts about victim, especially hours/days before event • Timeline drawn for movements • Personal communications studied to see if cross paths with offender • State of mind • Mental health • Risk level • Prostitute’s risk level higher than girl in own home

  9. Mass Murderer Mass Murderer: One who murders at least 2 people at one setting • Cause of Problem • Boost ego • Feel excluded/not loved • Recognition • Money • Fame & glory • Gang initiation • Hit men • Sexual gratification • Angry at families • Lash out at unfairness • Lash out against world • Characteristics • Young male • Caucasian • Age 20-30 • Humiliation in life • Interest in weapons • Isolate from society • Chose victims spontaneously • Store real/imagined grievances • Unable to form intimate relationships • Feel sad, inadequate, lonely • Kill people blame for hurting them • Don’t want to kill themselves because their purpose is to kill • Kill people same ethnic group • Frustrated with way society works Timothy McVeigh- Oklahoma City bombing James Holmes- Aurora movie theater massacre

  10. Jeffrey MacDonald Trial: Mass Murderer? • His story • Police story

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