Deck 1: A History of Criminal Profiling

Question 1

Criminal profiling identifies the specific individuals responsible for committing criminal acts.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Criminal profiling is a multidisciplinary community. Which of the following is not a profession from which profilers tend to hail?
a. Investigators
b. Criminologists
c. Forensic scientists
d. All of the above are professions from which profilers tend to hail

Answer 2

All of the above are professions from which profilers tend to hail

Question 3

The Spanish Inquisition was originally ordained by the Catholic Church to assist the Spanish government with the identification of those who had pretended to convert to Christianity but secretly continued the practice of their former religion.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Ernst Kretschmer proposed that there is a high degree of correlation between body type, personality type, and criminal potential. What body type represents those with well-developed muscles and is associated with crimes of violence?
a. Leptosome or asthenic
b. Athletic
c. Pyknic
d. Dysplastic or mixed

Question 5

Criminology is defined as the study of what?
a. Crime
b. Criminals
c. Criminal behavior
d. All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following criminologists is known as the founding father of modern criminal profiling?
a. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
b. Hans Gross
c. Cesare Lombroso
d. John O'Connel

Question 7

O'Connel and Soderman developed profiles of criminals in regards to what type of crime?
a. Burglary
b. Homicide
c. Kidnapping
d. Arson

Question 8

Modern criminal profiling is grounded in the study of what?
a. Crime and criminal behavior criminology)
b. The study of mental health and illness psychology and psychiatry)
c. The examination of physical evidence the forensic sciences)
d. All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is not a type of criminal suggested by Cesare Lombroso's research?
a. Born criminals
b. Nurtured criminals
c. Insane criminals
d. Criminaloids

Question 10

According to Cesare Lombroso, insane criminals were offenders who suffered from mental or physical illnesses and deficiencies.

Question 11

In A Study in Scarlet, Conan Coyle outlined an) method of inference and deduction.
a. Inductive
b. Statistical
c. Evidence-based
d. Faith-based

Question 12

Which of the following was the first comprehensive textbook to systematically cover the integrated philosophy and practice of scientific criminal investigation, forensic analysis, crime reconstruction, and criminal profiling?
a. A study in Scarlet
b. Criminal Investigation, A Practical Textbook for Magistrates, Police Officers, and Lawyers
c. Modern Criminal Investigation
d. Crime Investigation

Question 13

One of the first documented uses of criminal profiling involves the demonization of Jews.

Question 14

Which of the following is not part of the Behavioral Science Unit's "three legged stool" model?
a. Conducting research
b. Providing education and training within the law enforcement community
c. Providing case consultations to support the efforts of police
d. All of the above are part of the model

Question 15

A leptosome or asthenic body type represents those who are tall and thin and is associated with crimes of violence.

Question 16

What is the name of the first international, independent, multidisciplinary professional organization for those who are profiling or who are studying profiling?
a. Academy of Behavioral Profiling
b. Criminal Profiling Academy
c. Academy of Deductive Profiling
d. American Academy of Criminalists

Question 17

The Whitechapel murders are also known as which of the following?
a. The Strangler
b. Jack the Ripper
c. Mad Bomber
d. None of the above

Question 18

What is the name of the first published text that offered explicit instruction on the subject and practice of profiling criminal behavior?
a. The Malleus Hammer
b. The Witches' Maleficarum
c. The Malleus Maleficarum
d. None of the above

Question 19

Paul Kirk developed a typology for what type of crime?
a. Burglary
b. Homicide
c. Kidnapping
d. Arson

Question 20

Which of the following criminologists authored Sherlock Holmes?
a. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
b. Hans Gross
c. Cesare Lombroso
d. John O'Connel

Question 21

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI) was the first to develop and publish criminal profiling techniques.

Question 22

Explain the significance of Dr. Paul Kirk's contributions to the area of criminal profiling.

Question 23

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's FBI) Behavioral Analysis Unit BAU) is synonymous with the Behavioral Science Unit BSU).

Question 24

Define Salem Witch Trials. Explain the impact the trials had on the history of criminal profiling.

Question 25

Forensic pathology is the branch of medicine that applies the principles and knowledge of the medical sciences to problems in the field of law.

Question 26

The Whitechapel murders were the first crimes in which investigators and forensic personnel engaged in wound pattern analysis.