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Victim profiling describes the types of person(s)most closely associated with the type of offense.

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Serial predators prefer to operate within comfort zones and experience _____ as they leave that comfort zone.

A) deep depression
B) excitement
C) a distance decay function
D) discomfort

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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.

What was the real problem facing profilers in attempting to effectively profile the D.C.Snipers?

Media impact, management of departmental resources, and unusual complexity of any given case are rare problems associated with serial murder cases.

This is often critical to the outcome of criminal cases.

For profiling to fulfill its potential, law enforcement must do which of the following?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of organized serial killers according to the FBI?

A geographic profile does not include this.

A serious problem with the dichotomous model of organized and disorganized crime scenes is _____.

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.

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

This research effort aims to scientifically standardize the definition of legal terms such as "heinous," "atrocious," "evil," and "depraved."

When enzymes in the digestive system eat from the body, causing the tissue to liquefy, this process is called: _____.

What is part of the serial-killer stereotype?

Law enforcement agencies collect data, often using case studies or anecdotal information, which then is transformed into general descriptions of the types of persons most commonly associated with a certain type of criminal activity.

Which is not one of the three interlinked areas of profiling research that Salfati summarized?

According to Yochelson, what were his subjects doing after gaining many insights over several years of intensive treatment?

According to Liebert, the _____ murderer represents the extreme end of the borderline-narcissistic personality disorder spectrum.

_____ draws upon many areas of forensics.