Psychological Profiling Of Serial Arson Offenses An Assessment Of Skills And Accuracy  

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Kocsis, Richard N.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Criminal Justice and Behavior vol. 31 no. 3 (Jun. 2005), page 341-361.
Topik: criminal psychological profiling accuracy; serial arson
Fulltext: 341.pdf (132.48KB)

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Although criminal psychological profiling is frequently cited as being applicable to arson offenses, little empirical research exists to substantiate this claim. This study sought to build on previous studies conducted byKocsis, Irwin, Hayes, and Nunn(2000) by examining the accuracy of professional profilers with others in constructing a profile of a serial arsonist in response to case information presented. The professional profilers produced the most accurate profiles, followed by a group of university science students. Senior detectives and fire investigators tended to perform theworst and never better than a control group that had no specific information about the crime and could do little more than guess. The results offer some insight into the requisite skills for effective profiling. The key factor appears to be a capacity for objective and logical analysis— a characteristic shared by science students and professional profilers

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