PSYC 3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Behavioral Analysis Unit, Sûreté Du Québec, Offender Profiling

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Kaitlyn McLachlan

Document Summary

Psychology of law lecture 3 detecting deception and profiling + Profiling: criminal profiling a technique for: identifying the personality and behavioral features of an individual based on an analysis of the crimes they have committed, used in cases involving violent serial crime investigations. Profiling: techniques pioneered by fbi"s behavioral science unit, now called behavioral analysis unit (bau-5) within national centre for violence. Crime: mostly famous applied in serial murder cases, focus on signature aspect of the crime, rcmp, opp, surete du quebec (sq) have bsus dedicated to criminal profiling. Profiling and profiler: john douglas: retired fbi special agent considered one of the first criminal profilers. The goals of profiling: criminal profiling are used for a variety of purposes, to flush out offenders, to determine the seriousness of a threat, to provide interrogation advice, to information prosecutors when cross-examining defendants. No use of a vehicle in the crime.