Police Department
Forensic Psychology
NAME BOOKING DATE TIME OFFICER
, Contents:
Top-down approach
Bottom-up approach
Biological - historical approach
Biological - Genetic
Biological - Neural
Eysenck's theory
Cognitive
Differential association theory
Psychodynamic
Custodial sentencing
Behaviour modification in custody
(Token Economy)
Anger management
Restorative Justice
, Top-Down 1:
Offender profiling
Set of investigative techniques used
by the police to try to identify
perpetrators of serious crime.
Originated in America
Created pre-existing categories of
offender types: organised and
disorganised
Organised - victim = targeted, high
degree of control
Disorganised - little evidence of
planning, spontaneous, lower than
average IQ
Constructing an FBI profile
Data assimilations - profiler reviews
the evidence
Classification- organised or
disorganised
Crime reconstruction - sequencing,
behaviour of victim
Profile generation - hypotheses
raised
Forensic Psychology
NAME BOOKING DATE TIME OFFICER
, Contents:
Top-down approach
Bottom-up approach
Biological - historical approach
Biological - Genetic
Biological - Neural
Eysenck's theory
Cognitive
Differential association theory
Psychodynamic
Custodial sentencing
Behaviour modification in custody
(Token Economy)
Anger management
Restorative Justice
, Top-Down 1:
Offender profiling
Set of investigative techniques used
by the police to try to identify
perpetrators of serious crime.
Originated in America
Created pre-existing categories of
offender types: organised and
disorganised
Organised - victim = targeted, high
degree of control
Disorganised - little evidence of
planning, spontaneous, lower than
average IQ
Constructing an FBI profile
Data assimilations - profiler reviews
the evidence
Classification- organised or
disorganised
Crime reconstruction - sequencing,
behaviour of victim
Profile generation - hypotheses
raised
