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Essay Instructions: This is a reseach paper supporting criminal profiling in the aid of apprehending serial killers
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Purpose of Study
I hope to learn how effective and accurate criminal profiling is, specifically regarding serial killers. I hope to accomplish that criminal profialing is a vital tool for apprehending serial killers and will continue to be accepted and used more and more by law enforcement investigators.
Hypothesis
Criminal profiling is an accurate and effective tool used to identify serial killers.
*Include rationale-why the research is needed and what is the general area of concern.
*Existing research- what is already known about general area of proposed research.
*A discussion of information needed to answer the research paper topic
* Must be in APA as well as third person voice.
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Essay Instructions: Research and discuss the methods of criminal profiling in solving violent crime. Discuss the types of behavior associated with organized and disorganized criminal acts, including the definition of organized and disorganized criminal behavior.

Essay Instructions: Please use current (2005-2009) journal articles. Use ONLY the following journals as a source:
Journal of Experimental Psychology
Journal of Personality & Social Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Journal of Social Psychology
Social Psychology Quarterly
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Learning and Motivation
Cognitive Psychology
Journal of Applied Social Psychology
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Journal of Memory and Language
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Child Development
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Psychological Assessment
Journal of Experimental Research in Personality
Journal of Personality
Psychology and Aging
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Paper must be at least 300 words, APA format and MUST answer the question:

1- Is criminal profiling an acceptable practice within psychology?

** Please be specific and support your points and conclusion. DO NOT use any ciminal justice, criminology, sociology, or other non-psychology related journals as sources.

Essay Instructions: One of the primary areas within investigative psychology is criminal profiling.
(1) What is criminal profiling and its purpose?

(2) List and describe the six stages of criminal profiling as discussed in the course lectures.



(3) Provide a theoretical basis for profiling as stated in Homant and Kennedy (1998).



(4) Please include a discussion of the reliability and validity of criminal profiling.


(5) Discuss at least two ways that criminal profiling could be improved by incorporating psychological theories and principals.

The three stages are crime assesment, criminal profile, investigation, apprehshion, profiling input criminal prof6, and interview.
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