Law and Order: Interdimensional Edition - Week Five

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

This was really the first time that Derek Morgan (the version that hadn't been on Vampire Island) had been in one of the classrooms. Oh, he'd visited Reid in his office a time or two, but that was about it. This, though... well, it felt both familiar and not. He liked it. Made him wonder if he shouldn't see about teaching more courses at Quantico.

"Profiling. I'm sure you've heard of it, good and bad. You've seen it in movies like metafor Silence of the Lambs, tv shows, that kind of thing. You've also probably heard about it in other ways. Racial profiling gets a lot of media attention. Now, I'm here to try and clear up some things, as well as to give you a crash course in behavioral science, which is the actual name for what we'll be talking about today."

"My name is Derek Morgan. I own the hardware store down in town (which is still hiring, by the way), and I also work for the FBI in the Behavioral Analysis Unit, also known as the BAU. Like in my username.

"What we do is provide a profile to help local law enforcement when they call us in. We assemble that profile from the information we have on the victim, the crime scene, and any communication we might have with the unsub themself. An unsub, or unknown subject, is the term we use because it makes no assumptions. And that's one of the most important lessons: don't assume anything. Look at any body of evidence with as clean a slate as you can and keep your process objective."

He leaned against the desk.

"Now, to do this job, you need to have time spent with criminals, behavioral psychology degrees, all that, but today I'm going to cover one of the most basic parts of behavioral science: victimology."

He started handing out sheets of papers with information printed on the top and lines for writing on the bottom, as well as the back.

"Victimology is a term with a lot of meanings and a lot of uses. Today, we're going to be talking about victimology in terms of a criminal investigation. We're going to be looking at the victim, considering details of the crime scene and the victim themselves, to try and tell us something about the unsub who killed them. You're set up into three teams; split yourself up accordingly and discuss it and at the end of class, you're going to give us some information on the person who might have done this. I'll let you know how you did."

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Comments

Sign In (L&O Week Five)

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

Like you're gonna tackle a sonnuva bitch.

Also, count off in threes, if you please. First is 1, second is 2, third is 3, fourth is 1, etc.

Re: Sign In (L&O Week Five)

[heromaniac]

Momoko Akatsutsumi, 1

Re: Sign In (L&O Week Five)

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer Walters, 2

Re: Sign In (L&O Week Five)

[ihaveniceteeth.livejournal.com]

Gwen Cooper, 3

Re: Sign In (L&O Week Five)

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Anemone, 1

Listen to the Lecture/Chat Amonst Yourselves

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"Some key things to remember when you're looking at your data: one, gender of the victim. Two, the way in which they were killed. Three, the way in which the body was left. Four, any 'messages' the killer might have left, either with the body or through the media. Five, the identity of the victim, namely their age, race, profession... you get what I'm saying?"

Derek's pretty cool about talking but if you act like a jerk, he'll call you on it.

Victimology

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

Meet up with your team and discuss your victim. Feel free to use the cheat sheet (http://criminalmindswiki.wetpaint.com/page/Criminal+Minds+Psychology+101) that Morgan passed out after the groups assembled.

Team 1

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

The victim (http://criminalmindswiki.wetpaint.com/page/1.17+A+Real+Rain) is found in the front of his taxi cab in the warehouse district, three blocks from a subway station. He was blindfolded, shot once in the chest, and stabbed in the ear with a flint knife. He was killed at night, with no witnesses.

The victim was a wife-beater who was brought to trial some months ago. The case was dismissed due to 'lack of evidence' mid trial. [more ooc] (http://www.tv.com/criminal-minds/a-real-rain/episode/626176/recap.html?tag=episode_header;recap)

Re: Team 1

[heromaniac]

Momoko considered their scenario. "Okay. The victim is an adult male and apparently violent because he beat his wife. So... was he shot up close, or, like, from a distance? Because if it was close, it might mean he didn't expect the killer - I mean the unsub - to hurt him."

Re: Team 1

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"Shot from behind, actually. Still in the seat of his cab."

Re: Team 1

[heromaniac]

"Then it was probably a fare, right?" Momoko hesitated. "But wait. Either the... unsub was either looking for anyone to kill or was looking for this particular person to kill, since it was a taxi and what if he'd gotten in a different one? Would that have made a difference to if he killed the person?"

She began to sift through the information to see if she could find... something that would tell her if this was a planned murder.

Team 2

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

The victim (http://criminalmindswiki.wetpaint.com/page/2.06+The+Boogeyman) is a young boy, 13, found beaten to death in the woods. His bookbag is found some yards away and the cap that he was wearing to school that morning is missing.

He was last seen amongst a group of other children near their collective bus stop. One of the more unique features of the area is the story of an old man who goes after kids who trespass on his property. There is in fact a house up there, but when investigated, no one seems to be living there... but food left by a missionary service has been consumed, other than one item per tray: creamed spinach. [more] (http://www.tv.com/criminal-minds/the-boogeyman/episode/815618/recap.html?tag=episode_header;recap)

Re: Team 2

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

The death of someone this young had Dinah disturbed, and she concentrated on the steps to keep herself detached. "Okay, so. Young boy, beaten to death. Could be any adult, somewhat more likely to be and adult male." She took a breath. "Left where he died, so probably not any kind of message-killing."

Re: Team 2

[wantstodirect]

"Do you think the attacker was human?" Tony asked.

Team 3

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

The victims (http://criminalmindswiki.wetpaint.com/page/3.17+In+Heat) all match in a few ways: all of the victims were males, 25-35 years old, all traveling, and all asphyxiated with no other signs of assault. Some personal property is also missing from each victim. Despite the asphyxiation, there is no sign of struggle with any of the victims.

Of the victims, one in the water, one partially buried in sand, one in a dumpster. All of the men were found in high traffic areas, and not much of an effort was made to hide any of the bodies [more] (http://www.tv.com/criminal-minds/in-heat/episode/1195312/recap.html?tag=episode_header;recap)

Re: Team 3

[momslilassassin]

Ben read the scenario and snorted humorlessly. "Sounds like a rogue Jedi," he said.

TAs

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

Cause they're awesome.

Re: TAs

[provostsdog.livejournal.com]

This was an interesting topic, and one Beka wasn't familiar entirely familiar with in this way so she was listening carefully to the explanations.

Re: TAs

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was fascinated as much as she was unsettled, plus, finding out more about Derek's job was way cool.

Teacher

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

Derek as there if anyone had questions, concerns, issues, or anything else.

Re: Teacher

[maxnotsam.livejournal.com]

Instead of sitting politely with the rest of the panel of teachers, Max laid on the table and moped. "Oh, woe is me!" he exclaimed. "Everything bad that happens to me is someone else's fault! Won't someone please save me?"

Re: Teacher

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"So. Your job." Dinah perched on a desk, and gave him a very sober look. "Hard to take sometimes, hunh."

Re: Teacher

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

"Seems like you picked up on the other lesson."

The one that said you could drive up to a crime scene and see just about anything.

Re: Teacher

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Dinah folded her arms, uncomfortable. "I've seen some stuff. But not-- I don't know. Not when I had to be all calm about it." That was Barbara's job. But it was going to have to be hers, sometime. "How do you deal?"

OOC

[bau-beefcake.livejournal.com]

...I am so glad I have my copy of the show back again. Now to figure out how to find all the episodes... I hate you, iTunes formatting.