Personality Characteristics and Criminal Behavior A particular set of personality characteristics does not turn a person into a criminal. However, criminals may have the same set of characteristics. This concept may not be easy to understand. Here is another example: all college graduates have attended college, but not everyone who attended college is a college graduate. The mistake that "if A then B" is the same as "if B then A" is a common one in research, criminal investigation, and profiling. Criminal profiling is a difficult task. Complete the following three parts and present them in your report. Part I Identify at least five offense characteristics of each of the following crimes: sex offense, murder, acquisitive crime, organized crime, and terrorism. Part II Choose two offenses for those listed in  Part I . Using the selected characteristics, complete the following for each of the two offenses you selected: Analyze the selected characteristics to develop a forensic profile for that particular type of offense. For example, how would you use the two offense characteristics you have selected for murder to develop inferences regarding the personality of a murderer? Explain how an offender's level of cognitive and emotional functioning, as well as social and environmental factors, could contribute to his or her maladaptive behavior in each of the above offenses. Identify and justify the types of tests and/or personality measures that might be used to gather additional information for each of the two offenses. Identify and justify the type of collateral information you would need to learn about the offender in the case of each of the two crimes. Part III Identify the differences between ethical standards in a criminal investigation and ethical standards in a psychological interview. Offer your recommendations for future research needed to advance the science and research of psychological profiling techniques. Discuss the different ethical considerations one must follow as an investigator and as a psychologist. Support your responses giving reasons and examples from eight to ten scholarly resources. Write a 7- to 9-page report in a Microsoft Word document. Apply APA standards to cite sources. .

1. Personality Characteristics and Criminal Behavior
A particular set of personality characteristics does not turn a
person into a criminal. However, criminals may have the same
set of characteristics. This concept may not be easy to
understand. Here is another example: all college graduates have
attended college, but not everyone who attended college is a
college graduate. The mistake that "if A then B" is the same as
"if B then A" is a common one in research, criminal
investigation, and profiling.
Criminal profiling is a difficult task. Complete the following
three parts and present them in your report.
Part I
Identify at least five offense characteristics of each of the
following crimes: sex offense, murder, acquisitive crime,
organized crime, and terrorism.
Part II
Choose two offenses for those listed in
Part I
. Using the selected characteristics, complete the following for
each of the two offenses you selected:
Analyze the selected characteristics to develop a forensic
profile for that particular type of offense. For example, how
would you use the two offense characteristics you have selected
for murder to develop inferences regarding the personality of a
murderer?
Explain how an offender's level of cognitive and emotional
functioning, as well as social and environmental factors, could
contribute to his or her maladaptive behavior in each of the
above offenses.
Identify and justify the types of tests and/or personality

2. measures that might be used to gather additional information for
each of the two offenses.
Identify and justify the type of collateral information you would
need to learn about the offender in the case of each of the two
crimes.
Part III
Identify the differences between ethical standards in a criminal
investigation and ethical standards in a psychological interview.
Offer your recommendations for future research needed to
advance the science and research of psychological profiling
techniques.
Discuss the different ethical considerations one must follow as
an investigator and as a psychologist.
Support your responses giving reasons and examples from eight
to ten scholarly resources.
Write a 7- to 9-page report in a Microsoft Word document.
Apply APA standards to cite sources.