top down

• organised charactetistics - planned offence - use of restraints - body hidden - follow crime in media - high iq
• disorganised characteristics - impulsive offence - body in plain sight - low iq - not following crime in media - minimal restraints
• fbi interviews 36 murders to find classifications
• fbi classification stages - assimilation - crime scene classification - crime reconstruction - profile generation
• pro of top down - resler interviewed serial killers and found distinct types
• cons - small sample 36
• cons - canter found that there was no disorganised typology