Bottom up approach

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  • what does the bottom up approach focus on?
    On the small details at a crime scene, everything is seen and processed
  • what is the aim of the bottom up approach?
    aim is to generate a picture of the offender
  • how do the bottom up approach reach their aim?
    goes through systematically analysis of evidence at the crime scene. th profile is data driven
  • what is investigative psychology?
    this is an attempt to apply the statistical procedure alongside psychological theroies
  • what is the aim of investigative psychology?
    aim is to establish a pattern for behaviour that are likely to occur across crimes scenes
  • what is interpersonal conerence?
    the way an offender behaves at the scene including how they interact with the victim may reflect how they behave in everyday life
  • what does forensic awareness describe?
    the individuals who have been subject of police interrogation before
  • what is geographical profiling?
    uses information about location of linked crimes to make inference about where the offender committed the crimes
  • what can geographical profiling be used alongside?
    psychological theories to create a hypothesis
  • what are the two types of offenders in geographical profiling?
    marander and commuter
  • what is a marauder criminal?
    they operate in close proximity to their home
  • what is a computer criminal?
    they are likely to have travelled a distance from their usual residence
  • what is spatial decision Making?
    Can offer investigative team important insight into the nature of the offence