Top Down Approach

• What are the two types of offenders identified in the top-down approach?

  The two types of offenders are organized and disorganized offenders.
• What are the characteristics of organized offenders?

  • Socially adequate
  • Sexually competent
  • Charming
  • Geographically and occupationally mobile
  • High intelligence
  • Lives with partner
  • Returns to crime scene
  • Volunteers information
• What are the characteristics of disorganized offenders?

  • Socially inadequate
  • Sexually incompetent
  • Lives and works near crime scene
  • Low intelligence
  • Lives alone
  • Returns to crime scene to relive event
  • Keeps a diary or news cuttings of the event
  • Empathizes with the offender