Brown, in her biographic article for World of Forensic Science, states,
She views investigative criminal profiling as a dynamic process that does not conclude until a suspect is arrested and convicted. She deems it a support process for the crimina Continue Reading...
Criminal Profiling as an Aid for Apprehending Serial Killers
Popular media loves to emphasize the role of the criminal profiler in apprehending serial killers. It has been a central them in books, television shows, and movies for the past two decade Continue Reading...
Whereas it remains true that African-Americans and other racial minorities continue to be overrepresented in the American prison population, both common sense and the general consensus of the criminal justice community and sociological experts sugg Continue Reading...
Nonetheless, Bill never hurts other people simply because he thinks that it is irrational to hurt others. He thinks that any rational person would be like him and not hurt other people. Does Bill really understand that hurting others is morally wron Continue Reading...
" (Douglass & Munn, 1992). Furthermore, the signature aspects of a case can be more important than M.O. Or victimology in linking crimes, because criminals often change M.O. As they become more adept at committing their crimes. (Douglass & Mu Continue Reading...
For just one example, clinical depression in humans has been linked to early traumatic experiences; it has also been linked to specific genetic markers. Researchers have been able to plot the respective likelihood of developing the disease among in Continue Reading...
While "immediately following a crime a forensic psychologist may be asked to act as a criminal profiler" in the court system, the psychologist may be asked to evaluate the competency of a specific defendant in a criminal trial or to assess the level Continue Reading...
Profiling or Guessing- the role of criminal profiling is certainly one in the popular press and media. Television shows such as CSI or Bones bring the task of forensics into the mainstream living room, but these shows tend to focus more on the sexi Continue Reading...
Clinical psychology is not a unified 'school' of psychology. A clinical psychologist might be a non-directive, Rogerian psychologist, emphasizing that the client must find out what is bothering him or her and interfering with self-actualization. A Continue Reading...
There is a lot that we do not know about serial killers. There is a lot that we will never know, that no study, psychological evaluation or case study would ever be able to tell people. Criminal and behavior profiling is a start, but there will alw Continue Reading...
Psychological Analysis of Behavioral Consistency, Recidivism & Serial Crime
Psychological analysis of behavioral consistency, recidivism, and serial crime
The behavioral analysis unit (BAU) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the un Continue Reading...
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the use of DNA in criminal investigations. It shows how DNA can be helpful and harmful in terms of validating a narrative, how it has been used to exonerate inmates and used to wrongfully convict others. It Continue Reading...
One big cause for the demand on modern hyper security is that a lot of cool stuffs are becoming easily available. Developments in computers have made programming robots easy for non-experts. Security systems can be toggled to holiday mode with a tou Continue Reading...
(Prins, Fire-Raising)
The increase in juvenile crime related arson is particularly troubling. One theory suggest that undiagnosed and untreated conduct disorder in early childhood may be the progenitors in the creation of an arsonist:
From a diagn Continue Reading...
Personal Qualities
I believe I possess a number of personality traits that are relevant to my career goals of becoming a lead forensics psychologist and earning a PhD in clinical psychology. Foremost among these is the fact that I am hard-working Continue Reading...
Currently the DSM-IV refers to both these as antisocial personality disorder with the following criteria:
A. Pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occurring since age 15 as indicated by at least three of the foll Continue Reading...