fandomhigh | November 14 // Criminology & Death and Dying

Criminology
Today we will begin a unit on criminal profiling. Criminal profiling is used mostly by behavioral scientists and the police to narrow down an investigation to those suspects who possess certain behavioral and personality features that are revealed by the way a crime was committed.

Introductory Lecture

Criminal profiling can be broken down into seven steps:

1. Evaluation of the criminal act itself (i.e. modus operandi: what the offender does to effect the crime; signature: why he does it, the thing that "fulfills" him emotionally).
2. Comprehensive evaluation of the specifics of the crime scene or scenes.
3. Comprehensive analysis of the victim or victims (victimology).
4. Evaluation of preliminary police reports.
5. Evaluation of the medical examiner's autopsy protocol.
6. Development of a profile with critical offender characteristics.
7. Investigative suggestions predicated on construction of the profile.

Discussion: What are your initial reactions to this process? Is it a good method for the police to be able to use their resources most effectively during an investigation? Is it morally or ethically wrong to use a profile? Is there anything in the lecture that you made special note of?

Homework: Read the chapter on Applied Victimology.

Death and Dying
Please have a seat, and share your homework assignment with the class, which was to find an example of a death that can not be explained by scientific means.

Homework: I would like you to review what type of deaths are required by law to be investigated in the state of Virginia.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Considering I missed out on pinch-day, I have to make up for lost time.

Who knows? They might have good ideas.

You snooze, you lose.

And that's what I'm worried about. *smirk*

Oh, and am I really supposed to ignore you out of subtext while you have those pants on? I may be a bit repressed, but that's just cruel.

You seemed hell bent on ignoring me both in and out of subtext. A girl's gotta use whatever shameless advantages she has.

Can I see your cock...roach? *smirks

Sara, you don't need to wear tight, leather pants to grab my attention. So please, take them off whenever you'd like.

Of course. I've got a stinger you might want to check out as well. ;)

~~Is not looking at Sidle with a whip and leather pants and enjoying it very much because I'd probably get detention.~~

From me? No. From her? Potentially.

She does like the bearded silent type, though, sorry to burst your bubble. Too bad that meant Silent Bob in this case. *does not pout*

Well, it could have been you had you been willing to pull your head out of the microscope. *is not snarky*

~~I'm a moron!~~

[We are aware of that, yet we love him anyway.]

~~No argument!~~

Like that's even subtext! *wink*

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