Assignment Prompt & Instructions
Note that references for your research must be peer-reviewed/scholarly journals. These journals typically have the following characteristics:
1. a panel of experts reviews articles before they are accepted for publication;
2. a scholar or specialist in the field writes articles;
3. articles report on original research or experimentation;
4. are often published by professional associations;
5. utilize terminology associated with the discipline.
Newspapers, magazines, and similar periodicals must be used sparingly and are acceptable only as sources of supplementary information.
References like Wikipedia, Psychology Today, and Court TV are not primary sources, are not peer-reviewed (reviewed for empirical integrity, accuracy, and authenticity), and are not appropriate for scholarly writing (with the possible exception of use for anecdotal background information).
This assignment is a criminal profiling research . The student will pick a high-profile criminal listed on the assignment page and explain the biological, situational, and developmental factors contributing to this criminal's behavior, including geographic mobility, victimology, and M.O./signature.
**Examples of Possible Criminal Profiles**
David Berkowitz (son of sam)
Dennis Rader (BTK)
Ted Bundy
Jeffry Dahmer
Albert Fish
John Wayne Gacy
Aileen Wuornos
Make sure you provide the following:
1. Give a thorough description of the criminal's background (life story).
2. Utilize course material to explain the criminal's behavior to include geographical mobility, victimology, modus operandi, and signature
3. Discuss how psychological theories and research contributed to this criminal's apprehension, prosecution, understanding and/or treatment.
– 2 years ago