Offender Profiling: Top-Down Approach
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What are the two categories that offenders can be assigned to in the top-down approach of offender profiling?

  • Organised and disorganised offenders (correct)
  • Violent and non-violent offenders
  • Male and female offenders
  • Psychopathic and sociopathic offenders
  • Which step is NOT part of the profile generation process in the top-down approach of offender profiling?

  • Data assimilation
  • Crime scene classification
  • Profile destruction (correct)
  • Crime reconstruction
  • Which type of offender is more likely to leave body or clues at the crime scene?

  • Organised offenders
  • Psychopathic offenders
  • Serial offenders
  • Disorganised offenders (correct)
  • What type of planning do organised offenders typically exhibit according to the text?

    <p>Detailed and surgical planning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do disorganised offenders differ from organised offenders based on the text?

    <p>They are socially and sexually incompetent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main limitation mentioned in the text regarding the top-down approach of offender profiling?

    <p>It cannot explain crimes with obvious characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, which type of crime is the top-down approach to offender profiling most effective for?

    <p>Rape and sadistic murder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the passage suggest is a more useful approach to offender profiling than the organised/disorganised classification system?

    <p>Studying the motives of each criminal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the passage say about the evidence supporting the existence of the 'disorganised offender' type?

    <p>There is no evidence to support its existence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the passage suggest about the validity and breadth of the organised/disorganised offender classification system?

    <p>It lacks validity and breadth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the passage say about the ability to identify all offenders as either organised or disorganised?

    <p>It is unlikely that all offenders can be identified as either organised or disorganised</p> Signup and view all the answers

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