Chapter 12: The Psychology of Economic Crime

1. Psychology may be used as part of law enforcement for  protecting the mentally incompetent accused of crime

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

2. One of the assets an investigator should have is advanced training in research methods and statistics

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

3. Offender profiling is also called

  1. Statistical analysis
  2. Criminal profiling
  3. DNA profiling
  4. Racial profiling

Answer: 

4. Criminal profiling requires understanding of physiology

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

5. There are two broad categories of criminal profiling deductive and reasoning

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

6. The FBI was the first agency to develop a systematic form of profiling

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

7. Disorganised offenders are impulsive meaning they

  1. Have good social skills
  2. Are able to plan
  3. Are liable to make mistakes
  4. Are able to maintain control 

Answer: 

8. The FBI classification system is rarely applied to what type of crime?

  1. Serial murder
  2. Serial rape
  3. Theft
  4. Kidnapping

Answer: C

9. Canter’s method of crime profiling relies upon the MI5 database

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: B

10. Profiling depends on

  1. Knowledge of behaviour
  2. Intuition
  3. Understanding of DNA
  4. Analysis of physical evidence

Answer: 

11. Which scientist is responsible for the application of scientific methods and logic to crime investigation 

  1. Luke Picard
  2. Edmond Locard
  3. Bernard Spilsbury
  4. Juan Vucetich

Answer: B

12. Ensuring that evidence is not contaminated or tampered with is known as maintaining the chain of custody

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: A

13. The four stages of the FBI profiling method do not include:

  1. Assimilation
  2. Classification
  3. Orientation
  4. Profile generation

Answer: C

14. When killing includes necrophilia, this suggests the offender kills for what reason?

  1. Hunger
  2. Anger
  3. Sexual dysfunction
  4. Sexual gratification

Answer: D

15. What element was not included in Canter’s initial profile of the Railway Killer?

  1. Sexual inexperience
  2. Good level of education
  3. Comfortable with the north London area
  4. Flexible working patters.

Answer: A