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Document Type

Poster Presentation

Abstract

With criminal profiling gaining popularity in recent years, both in the media and within law enforcement, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the field is lacking in much needed empirical support. The FBI's Crime Classification Manual, used to train FBI profilers, states in its opening pages that the information provided in the manual is not empirically derived; rather, it is based on the collective opinion of those with experience in law enforcement. Of particular importance is the relationship between motive and criminal behavior. How might we determine motive from the behavioral evidence left at a crime scene? Turvey (2000) says we can do this one of two ways: inductively (through the use of broad generalizations or statistics) or deductively (utilizing specific behavioral evidence left at the crime scene). The proposed research aims to see if we can postdict motive, using a deductive method, through the analysis of closed homicide cases.

Publication Date

2003

Journal Title

Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference

Volume

7

Issue

1

First Page

319

Last Page

321

Copyright

©2003 by the University of Northern Iowa

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Publisher

University of Northern Iowa

City

Cedar Falls, IA

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