criminal behaviour characteristics

• Acquisitive criminals


  >Seek access to criminal activity for pleasure or thrill>Formal motivation or cause for their crimes>Intelligence or an economical reason behind committing the crime
• disorganised murders 


  >Unplanned crime>Random selection of victim - spontaneous or spur of the moment>Have very little control during the crime and are often impulsive>Body/evidence is usually left at the crime scene>Tend to have a lower than average IQ, be in unskilled work or unemployed and often have a history of sexual dysfunction and failed relationships>Tend to live alone
• organised murders 


  >Crime tends to be planned>Victim specifically targeted - killer has a "type">Maintain a high degree of control during the crime and may operate with almost detached surgical precision>Leave little evidence or clues behind at the crime scene>Generally high in intelligence, socially and sexually competent, they usually live with a partner, have a car in good working order and follow their crimes in the media
• Terrorists 


  >Rationalisation of a set of motives or causes that are then pursued by acts of violence; these motives are generally an illogical perception of the truth of the involved events>Potential psychological issues that produce these errant behaviours or perceptions (such as paranoia or schizophrenia)
• sexual offenders 


  >Rationalisation of a set of motives or causes that are then pursued by acts of violence; these motives are generally an illogical perception of the truth of the involved events>Potential psychological issues that produce these errant behaviours or perceptions (such as paranoia or schizophrenia)