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| What was the aim of Canter et al's study? |
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| To test the reliability of organised/disorganised typologies |
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| What was Canter et al's methodology? |
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| A content analysis applying multi-dimensional scaling to 100 cases from accounts of serial killers in the USA |
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| Which type of crime scene was indentified the most in Canter et al's study? |
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Definition
| Twice as many disorganised as organised crime scenes were identified suggesting that disorganised offenders are more common, or just easier to indentify |
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| Which crime scene behaviours co-occured in organised typologies in Canter et al's study? |
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Definition
The body was concealed
Occurance of sexual activity |
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| In Canter's study, which behaviours occured in more than 2/3 of disorganised cases? |
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Definition
| Only sex acts and vaginal rape; most of the other crime-scene behaviours co-occur regulary in less than half the crimes in which they happen |
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| What did Canter conclude? |
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There are not two types of serial killers as each crime scene has an organised element to it
The distinctions between killers may be a function of the different ways in which they may exhibit disorganised aspects of their activities
A better way is to look for personality differences between offenders |
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| What was the aim of Canter and Heritage's study? |
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Definition
| To identify a behaviour pattern from similarities between offences |
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| What was the methodology of Canter and Heritage's study? |
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Definition
| Smallest-space analysis of 66 sexual offences committed by 27 offenders conducted to find 33 offence variables that were clearly linked to a potential behaviour characteristic |
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| In Canter and Heritage's study, what were the 5 variables found to be cental to the 66 cases of sexual assult? |
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Definition
vaginal intercourse
no reaction to the victim
impersonal language
suprise attack
victim's clothing disturbed |
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| What were the conclusions of Canter and Heritage's study? |
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Definition
| All 5 aspects contribute to sexual offences, but in different patterns for different individuals, leading to being able to establish whether two or more offences were committed by the same person, as well as an understanding of how an offender's behaviour changes over a series of offences |
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