ADMJ 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Modus Operandi, Homicide, Personation
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The modus operandi (mo): this refers to certain actions or procedures an offender engages in to commit a crime successfully. The mo is a behaviour pattern that the offender learns as they gain experience in committing the offence. The signature or personation: this is behaviour that goes beyond what is necessary to commit the crime. For example, the signature of a serial killer may involve certain items that are left or removed from the scene (a trophy" item) or other symbolic patterns (such as writing on a wall). Staging: this refers to the intentional alteration of a crime scene prior to the arrival of the police, and is frequently done by someone who has an association or relationship with the victim. Profiling" used to gather a heap of information about persons. First, a few comments about crime and punishment. Crimes are created by politicians they legislate to proscribe certain conduct and to create penalties for breaches of those proscriptions.
