Professor David Canter pioneered the statistical approach to offender profiling. Along with colleagues he identified three modes of interpersonal interaction that were said to characterise the crime scene behaviour of rapists, paedophiles and murderers. In which mode does the offender try to build rapport with their victim?
A) The object mode
B) The person mode
C) The vehicle mode

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The person mode is characterized by the offender attempting to build rapport with the victim. This approach involves treating the victim more as an individual rather than an object, which contrasts with the object mode where the victim is depersonalized.

Professor David Canter Pioneered the Statistical Approach to Offender Profiling