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    profiling, it is imperative to get a clear definition. Known also as Offender Profiling, criminal profiling is a set of techniques used by law enforcement agencies to try to identify perpetrators of crime; also called psychological profiling (psychological profiling, 2017). According to Bartol and Bartol, “Criminal profiling is the process of identifying personality traits, behavioral tendencies, and demographic variables of an offender based on characteristics of the crime” (Bartol, 2012). The first

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    Palermo (2015) summerize some tenets in their research: “Profilers are not accurate”, “no links between offender characteristics and crime behaviors”, and “criminal profiling relies upon trait-based connections”, etc. The characteristics and behaviours of the offenders are various and diverse, so profiling cannot alway be accurate, and police cannot relies on the criminal profiling to find the offenders (Kocsis and Palermo, 2015). Media Portrayal Criminal Minds Season 4 Episode 5 “Catching Out” descripe

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    Running head: SERIAL KILLER H. H. HOLMES H. H. Holmes Valerie Jones Theories of Criminal Behavior September 23, 2012 Phillip Neely Abstract The United States first known serial killer was named H. H. Holmes. H. H. Holmes would later be said to

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    develop a description of unknown offenders. The main objectives of these profilers are to provide behavioral and social assessment of criminals, investigate how objects used by suspects may help them commit crimes and help investigators solve complex crimes(Hirby). It’s many goals all help lead to a final objective which is the apprehension of the guilty person. These goals include providing criminal justice systems with social and psychological assessments of the offenders, providing them with a psychological

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    Theodore "Ted" Bundy (American killer and rapist) was born November 24, 1946 in Burlington, Vermont. Bundy showed an unusual interest in the macabre at an early age. Around the age of 3, he became fascinated by knives. As a teenager, Bundy started to peer in people's windows and stole things he wanted from other people. Many of his victims resembled his ex girlfriend—attractive students with long, dark hair. He usually killed his victims by raping them before beating them to death. There is not an

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    Serial Killer Serial killers come in all shapes and sizes, and could be anyone. In the book, “The Landlady”, the landlady is clearly a serial killer. In the short story she convinces a teenager named Billy to stay at her Bed and Breakfast. She pretended to be nice but poisoned him with tea and stuffed him afterwards. In “The Landlady”, by Roald Dahl, the landlady is a serial killer because she goes through the aura phase and the trolling phase. To begin, serial killers go through an aura phase

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    victim selection methods. It argues that Dennis’ victim selection can be explained through routine activities theory, where he needed a suitable target to act out his fantasy, a lack of capable guardianship so he would not get caught and a motivated offender, which he was due to his fantasy. Based on his killings, he was placed under the power and control typology of serial killers, as he appears to have a special interest in bondage. Also, issues with behavioral profiling is explained such as its vague

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    those convicted of any felony, according to the following provisions: • An offender convicted of a felony who has one previous serious or violent felony conviction must be sentenced to twice the normal term. • An offender convicted of a felony who has two previous serious or violent felony convictions must be sentenced to either three times the normal term, or twenty-five years to life, whichever is greater • An offender convicted of a serious or violent felony, who has a previous conviction for

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    regularly by ordinary people. When profiling is applied to a crime scene it is known as criminal profiling. Criminal profiling is considered an investigative tool used by law enforcement in order to identify suspects or prevent future crimes of an offender from happening. Criminal profiling is used as a tool when there is no conclusive evidence that can be inferred from a crime scene. With criminal profiling, profilers use the crime scene and other observations in order to conduct a profile, as a

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    Everyone has a mixture of both good bad in them. Most people are good most of the time, how-ever, the majority of us have the capacity of doing something bad, in the right circumstances. In our daily lives, most people could not even consider killing another living creature, however, if it was a case of self-defense or if your child was in danger, any one of us could pull the trigger. As for the idea of "dual humanity," I believe that everyone has at least two dissimilar personas, although not necessarily

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