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Psychological profiling of an offender
Hroníková, Hana ; Čírtková, Ludmila (advisor) ; Štourač, Petr (referee)
Psychological profiling of an offender Psychological profiling is a method of investigation developed in the 70's in the USA. This method is founded on research of behaviour of unknown offender with purpose to make conclusions about his personality. The purpose of my thesis is to find out how psychological profile can help during investigation. I would like to prove that psychological profiling belongs to investigation, that it can help during investigation and that it can bring a new view on case. The source of knowledge about the offender's behaviour and personality is the crime scene or text analyse. The thesis is composed of three chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of psychological profiling. Chapter One is introductory and is subdivided into two parts. Part one describes history of psychological profiling. Part Two deals with theorethical background of psychological profiling. Chapter Two focuses on practical part of psychological profiling and consists of seven parts. This chapter explains the process of making a psychological profile, differences between mass-murder, serial-killer ad spree killer, characteristics of expert who creates a psychological profile, limits of psychological profile and differences between crimes committed by intimate people and those by unknown...
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Psychological profiling of an offender
Barda, Michal ; Čírtková, Ludmila (advisor) ; Konrád, Zdeněk (referee)
Psychological Profiling of an Offender The purpose of the thesis is to describe and demystify the subject of offender profiling, also called criminal profiling or psychological profiling. Criminal profiling is one of key disciplines of forensic psychology which approximately in the last twenty years became recognized as a helpful investigative tool for resolving difficult criminal cases. The thesis is structured into four chapters, each one covering different aspect of criminal profiling. First chapter defines criminal profiling, its basic premises, formation and history, different approaches to profiling and possible uses of profiling. Second chapter focuses on practical use of criminal profiling. It covers criteria for using profiling in a particular criminal investigation, includes basic information about perpetrators and victims and shortly touches upon computer databases used in profiling. Third chapter covers the actual creation of profile of an unknown offender, from different sources suitable for gathering information to uncovering the offender's motivation and finally to the finished psychological profile. It also includes information about perpetrators of arson, rape and murder, as samples of serious offenses where offender profiling is often applied. Fourth chapter analyses the use of...
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Psychological profiling of an offender
Hroníková, Hana ; Čírtková, Ludmila (advisor) ; Štourač, Petr (referee)
Psychological profiling of an offender Psychological profiling is a method of investigation developed in the 70's in the USA. This method is founded on research of behaviour of unknown offender with purpose to make conclusions about his personality. The purpose of my thesis is to find out how psychological profile can help during investigation. I would like to prove that psychological profiling belongs to investigation, that it can help during investigation and that it can bring a new view on case. The source of knowledge about the offender's behaviour and personality is the crime scene or text analyse. The thesis is composed of three chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of psychological profiling. Chapter One is introductory and is subdivided into two parts. Part one describes history of psychological profiling. Part Two deals with theorethical background of psychological profiling. Chapter Two focuses on practical part of psychological profiling and consists of seven parts. This chapter explains the process of making a psychological profile, differences between mass-murder, serial-killer ad spree killer, characteristics of expert who creates a psychological profile, limits of psychological profile and differences between crimes committed by intimate people and those by unknown...
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