Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Closed-Circuit Television, O. J. Simpson Murder Case, Free Recall

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

The usual suspects: eyewitness accuracy and testimony: criminal profiling, robert ressler: one of the original profilers. Unit at the fbi: many credit him (cid:449)ith the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:858)p(cid:396)ofili(cid:374)g(cid:859, jeffrey dahmer case: he was organized, but started to become disorganized because he was pushing the limits. He was caught because a victim got away because he became so diso(cid:396)ga(cid:374)ized that he (cid:449)as(cid:374)(cid:859)t pla(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)es (cid:449)ell e(cid:374)ough. Threw a curve ball into the organized-disorganized theory. Assumptions of organized-disorganized model: crimes scenes (methodical v chaotic), background characteristics (high v low functioning) can be organized or disorganized, organized crimes are committed by organized offenders, disorganized crimes by disorganized offenders. Problems with organized-disorganized model: little research has examined the model, but that which has raised doubts as to its validity, cannot account for offenders who display a mixture of organized and disorganized features (like dahmer)