Criminal Profiling Explained | Top-Down Approach (FBI) vs. Bottom-Up Approach (British)

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How do the FBI catch serial killers? What is criminal profiling? What's the difference between the Top-Down approach and the Bottom-Up Approach?

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// Studies //
Canter et al. (2004) https://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/8...
Canter & Gregory (1994) https://www.davidcanter.com/wp-conten... Douglas et al. (1992) https://oavcrime.com.br/downloads/Cri...
FBI Bulletin (1985): https://leb.fbi.gov/file-repository/a...
Case of John Duffy: https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co....
Rachel Nickell case: https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog...

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00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Offender Profiling
01:53 - Top-Down Approach (FBI)
04:02 - David Canter et al. (2004)
04:50 - Sampling Problems
05:41 - Bottom-Up Approach
06:14 - Investigative Psychology
07:23 - Geographical Profiling
10:16 - John Duffy
11:52 - Comparing Top-Down & Bottom-Up
13:03 - Rachel Nickell / Colin Stagg
07:11 - Levels of Explanation
08:29 - Strengths & Limitations

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