Geographic Profiling

Question 1

Suitable crimes for geographic profiling are those serial in:

Answer 1

• nature
• murder
• rape
• robbery
• arson
• bombings

Question 2

Give examples of a physical barrier.

Answer 2

• a river
• a highway
• an ocean

Question 3

Give examples of a mental barrier.

Answer 3

• a black offender not wanting to go to into a white neighbourhood
• a lower class person not wanting to go into a rich neighbourhood.

Question 4

What is geographic profiling?

Answer 4

An information management strategy to assist in serial violent crime investigations.