Criminal Profiling Kimberlee Levett Instructor: Brent Paterline Walden University July 21, 2021 This study source was downloaded by 100000800531006 from CourseHero.com on 10-16-2022 13:17:59 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/111212100/Week-2-assign-profiling-Levett-Kdocx/ Typologies Typology allows for the creation of general summary statements concerning observed facts about a specific class of criminals who are reasonably similar to be treated as a type, rather than studying criminals as one particular individual. Within the context of more general existing theories and attention to individual-environment interactions, situational context, and the unique nature of specific types and subtypes of crime, the typology approach provides the necessary details to understand and respond to particular types and subtypes of offense behavior patterns. Similarities Between the Crimes and Crime Scenes The three crime scenes in the interactive media shared several similarities. The most obvious similarity is that all three victims are young women in their early twenties. The bodies of the victims were discovered near a river, which was not the original crime scene. There is evidence to support that all three victims' bodies were relocated there. The three victims had been sexually assaulted and were only partially clothed. The women's personal belongings and tire tracks, and footprints are strewn about the crime scene. Strangulation is the cause of death for the victims, which investigators believe was caused by a belt discovered at one of the crime scenes. The women's identification cards were missing from their wallets and all were identified as college students. Although the serial murderer may not know his victims, their selection is not random. Rather, it is based on the murderer's interpretation of specific characteristics of his victims that hold symbolic importance for him (Douglas et al.). This study source was downloaded by 100000800531006 from CourseHero.com on 10-16-2022 13:17:59 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/111212100/Week-2-assign-profiling-Levett-Kdocx/ Organized Nonsocial Offender In the interactive crimes scenes, the murderer in my opinion is likely an organized nonsocial offender. Organized nonsocial offenders are organized in everything they do. They are nonsocial because they choose to be so (Holmes and Holmes, 2009). Organized nonsocial offenders are usually well-educated or intelligent, and they may take the victim's possessions as a trophy to relive the crime. The killer took the victim's identification cards as a memento of the victim and the crime at each of the three crime scenes. They have little remorse and are fully aware of any media coverage of their crimes. The well-planned assassin employs deception, cunning, and stealth. The crime scene of the organized killer is pristine (Baker, 2001). Except for tire tracks and footprints, there was little.

1. Criminal Profiling
Kimberlee Levett
Instructor: Brent Paterline
Walden University
July 21, 2021
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Typologies
Typology allows for the creation of general summary statements
concerning observed
facts about a specific class of criminals who are reasonably
similar to be treated as a type, rather
than studying criminals as one particular individual. Within the
context of more general existing
theories and attention to individual-environment interactions,
situational context, and the unique

2. nature of specific types and subtypes of crime, the typology
approach provides the necessary
details to understand and respond to particular types and
subtypes of offense behavior patterns.
Similarities Between the Crimes and Crime Scenes
The three crime scenes in the interactive media shared several
similarities. The most
obvious similarity is that all three victims are young women in
their early twenties. The bodies of
the victims were discovered near a river, which was not the
original crime scene. There is
evidence to support that all three victims' bodies were relocated
there. The three victims had been
sexually assaulted and were only partially clothed. The women's
personal belongings and tire
tracks, and footprints are strewn about the crime scene.
Strangulation is the cause of death for the
victims, which investigators believe was caused by a belt
discovered at one of the crime scenes.
The women's identification cards were missing from their
wallets and all were identified as
college students. Although the serial murderer may not know his
victims, their selection is not

3. random. Rather, it is based on the murderer's interpretation of
specific characteristics of his
victims that hold symbolic importance for him (Douglas et al.).
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Organized Nonsocial Offender
In the interactive crimes scenes, the murderer in my opinion is
likely an organized
nonsocial offender. Organized nonsocial offenders are
organized in everything they do. They are
nonsocial because they choose to be so (Holmes and Holmes,
2009). Organized nonsocial
offenders are usually well-educated or intelligent, and they may
take the victim's possessions as a
trophy to relive the crime. The killer took the victim's
identification cards as a memento of the
victim and the crime at each of the three crime scenes. They
have little remorse and are fully
aware of any media coverage of their crimes. The well-planned
assassin employs deception,

4. cunning, and stealth. The crime scene of the organized killer is
pristine (Baker, 2001). Except for
tire tracks and footprints, there was little visible physical
evidence of the killer in the three crime
scenes depicted in the interactive media. The organized offender
feels comfortable venturing
away from his home (Holmes and Holmes, 2009). This
observation is evident in the killer's
transport of the victims to the river dumping site.
Hedonistic
The thrill of it, sexual gratification, or personal gain drive
hedonistic serial killers. Serial
killers of this type are more likely to use weapons that put them
near their victims. In the crime
scenes, the victims were sexually assaulted, and the suspected
cause of death and murder weapon
was strangulation with a belt. Because of the pleasure, he gets
from killing, this type of
hedonistic killer’s crimes are process-focused, generally taking
some time to complete. In the
three crime scenes, the murderer chose his victims based on his
desires. A criminal chooses a
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victim based on availability, vulnerability, and desirability,
regardless of the category. The appeal
of the victim to the offender is described as desirability.
Desirability is determined by various
factors based on the offender's motivation, including race,
gender, ethnic background, victim age,
and other specific preferences the offender chooses (Federal
Bureau of Investigation).
The typologies you used to describe the murderer are organized
nonsocial offender and
hedonistic. The perpetrator's intelligence, social life, social
class, and personal appearance can
all be determined by the organized nonsocial offender.
Characteristics are what appear to be
commonalities among certain types of killers causes are
elements that may explain why certain
behaviors occur (Holmes and Holmes, 2009). The crimes
committed by the offender are usually
planned attacks with unknown victims, making it difficult to
solve the crimes because of the lack

6. of connection between the victims and suspect. Male, mobile,
sexually deviant, lacks remorse,
and knowledgeable of the area are some characteristics to
include in the suspect's profile.
Because the crimes are two to three months apart, the suspect is
very confident in his abilities to
commit crimes. Because all of the victims were sexually
assaulted, it was beneficial to include
the offender's sex and the sexual deviant aspect. The manner of
death and how the suspect
displayed the victim's body shows that the suspect had little
remorse for the victims.
References
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Baker, T. E. (2001). Hunting Serial Killers: Understanding and
Apprehending America's Most
Dangerous Criminals. Hunting Serial Killers: Understanding
and Apprehending America's
Most Dangerous Criminals | Office of Justice Programs.
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-

7. library/abstracts/hunting-serial-killers-understanding-and-
apprehending-americas-most.
Douglass, J. E., Ressler, R.K., Burgess, a. W., and Hartman, c.
R. 1986. Criminal Profiling from
Crime Scene Analysis. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 4(4),
401-421
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). (2009). Serial Murder:
Multi-disciplinary Perspective for
Investigators. FBI. https://www.fbi.gov/stats-
services/publications/serial-murder#five.
Holmes, R. M., & Holmes, S. T. (2009). Profiling violent
crimes: an investigative tool. Sage
Publications.
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Assignment: Profiling a Serial Murderer
Developing an accurate profile of a serial or mass murderer is a
tricky task. Although some characteristics are common to many
serial murderers—for example, the majority of serial murderers
are men—other characteristics, such as the motivation to kill,
vary considerably. Therefore, it becomes impossible to describe
all the characteristics of a serial murderer accurately without
some type of guiding framework. The guiding framework and
key profiling technique criminal profilers use is known as a
typology. Typologies aid in the construction of a criminal
profile by illustrating the categories or types of serial
murderers. These same typologies often are applied to mass
murderers as well. All serial and mass murderers who fall into
one particular category share a range of characteristics such as
personality traits and social skills. Serial and mass murderers
can be classified into typologies based on evidence gathered at
the crime scenes, such as the weapon used to murder the victim
or whether the body was moved. After a criminal profiler
successfully categorizes a serial or mass murderer, the profiler
can describe other characteristics of the offender, such as age
and employment status. Typologies also help in the construction
of a psychological profile of serial and mass murderers.
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To prepare for this assignment:
Review the article "Criminal Profiling from Crime Scene
Analysis." Consider how the stages of the criminal-profile-
generating process relate to the classification of a serial killer
into a particular typology.
Review the section titled "Motivations and Types of Serial
Murder: The Symposium Model" in the article entitled "Serial
Murder: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives for Investigators."
Reflect on how the FBI uses information about the motivation to
murder when constructing a murderer's profile.
Review Chapter 5 of your course text, Profiling Violent Crimes:
An Investigative Tool. Pay attention to the characteristics, such
as personality traits, that separate disorganized asocial serial
murderers from organized nonsocial serial murderers. This
chapter discusses these typologies as they relate to all types of
violent criminals. For this class, however, you can apply these
typologies to serial and mass murderers.
Review Chapter 7 of your course text, Profiling Violent Crimes:
An Investigative Tool. Focus on the differences between
visionary, mission, hedonistic, and power/control serial
murderers to understand the behavior of various types of

13. murderers. Also, pay attention to the crime scene elements that
help in the evaluation and creation of an accurate profile of a
serial murderer.
Review the interactive media titled Criminal Profiling—Crime
Scene Analysis. Focus on the six core steps of the criminal-
profile-generating process. Consider the key similarities
between the crimes and crime scenes in the interactive media.
With these similarities in mind, identify the typologies
(disorganized or organized; visionary, mission, hedonistic, or
power/control) you would use to describe the murderer.
Based on the typologies you identified, consider specific
characteristics you would include in a profile of the murderer.
The assignment (2-3 pages):
Briefly describe the key similarities between the crimes and
crime scenes in the interactive media.
Based on the similarities you described, explain whether you
would use the disorganized asocial offender or the organized
nonsocial offender typology to describe the murderer and why.
Explain whether you would use the visionary, mission,
hedonistic, or power/control murderer typology to describe the
murderer and why.
Explain how the typologies you used to describe the murderer
can help you construct a profile. In your explanation, briefly
describe some of the characteristics you would include in the
profile and explain why you would include each.
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resources used in its preparation. Provide a reference list only
for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for
this course.