Forensic Science Packet #2 (April 6 -April 24 · Forensic Science Packet #2 (April 6th-April 24th) Inside the mind of a Criminal Directions: Complete this Packet: Notes are available

Forensic Science Packet #2 (April 6th-April 24th) Inside the mind of a Criminal Directions: Complete this Packet: Notes are available on Google Classroom to complete: Characteristics of Serial Killers and Criminal Minds-Profiling. Read articles and Case Studies, and complete Case Study write ups. Color the Brain’s Fear System, focusing on the amygdala. Complete quizzes. Read through the article about John Hinckley and complete “In my opinion” and RAFT Graphic Organizer. This will wrap up our discussion about serial killers. Characteristics of Serial Killers

The 1st of many…

_______________ is considered to be the United States’

_________ serial killer.

◦ Holmes ___________ to ______ murders in the

1890s and was _____________ of _______

◦ He began killing guests at the ____________

that he opened to host ___________ to the

1893 __________________________________

◦ The ______ estimates ~_________ serial killers

responsible for anywhere from __________ to __________ victims during the last

____________.

General Profile of serial killers

Male

◦ 88.3%

White

◦ 71.7% of all serial killers

Average intelligence

◦ Mean of 103 in their database

IQ Range Classification

140 and over

120-140

110-120

90-110

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Demographic

Race %

52.21 %

40.3%

6.1%

0.7%

0.8%

Age. (_______ is the average age) Males

◦ ______ is the ___________ (____________________________________)

◦ ______ is the ____________ (_________________________________)

Females

◦ _______ is the ___________ (___________________________________)

◦ ________ is the __________ (___________________________________)

Male vs Female

Men Women

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General background of serial killer

Many come from ___________________________ where they have been ___________ and

____________

________________ TRIAD

◦ 3 __________________ characteristics found in __________________ histories of many

___________________________________

60% ____________ their ____________ beyond the age of ______

__________ starting and _______________

_________________ of small __________________

◦ Also, _____________________________ in the following as ____________ adults:

__________________________________________________

Serial Killers, Why?

Many serial killers are __________________ (aka _________________)

Characteristics include (there are many more):

▪ _________________________________________________________________

▪ _________________________________________________________________

▪ _________________________________________________________________

**Many ______________ are not __________________, nor do they _____ engage in a life of _______.

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Number of classified Serial Killers in the U.S. since

1980

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Number of serial killer suspects currently on the

FBI list

72.5 %

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Percent of psychopath’s that show abnormal

brainwave patterns, or EGGs

70 %

Percent of serial killers who will still wetting their

beds as adolescents

15 %

Average IQ of serial killers

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A huge difference!

Men

Women

The driving force…

46.11 %

Financial Gain

8.12 %

Anger

3.28 %

Avoid Arrest

0.62 %

Convenience

0.41 %

Cult

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Global…

England 250

Luis Garavito 1990s

Pedro Lopez 110

Daniel Camargo Colombia, Ecuador

1967 – 2003 71

India 70

Yang Xinhai 2000 – 2003

Afghanistan 65

Russia 1978 – 1990

Anatoly Onoprienko 1989 – 1996

1982 – 2000 49

Alexander Pichushkin 48

Top in United States

United States 1974 – 1978

John Wayne Gacy United States

United States 28

United States 25

Wayne Williams United States

Ronald Dominique United States

United States 1926 – 1927

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Ted Bundy

Known as the ______________ killer

More than ________ victims, ____________________

August 16, 1975;

________________ June 7, 1977;

_______________________ June 13, 1977;

_________________ December 30, 1977;

_______________________ February 15, 1978

John Wayne Gacy

also known as the _______________________, was an

American serial killer and ________________. He

_________________________________ and

__________________ at least 33 ______________________

and young men between _____________ and __________ in

Cook County, Illinois

Gacy _______________ 26 of his victims in the

________________________of his ___________

Scott Peterson

________________________ in the ___________ of Laci;

___________________________ in the death of Conner

Reported her _________________ on ______________________

Having an ____________ with ____________________________

Watch: News report (9 mins)

Neuroscience and Killers

Wayne __________________

_________________ Dominique

Earle _____________________

Who are these men and why are they famous?

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CRIMINAL MINDS - Profiling

David Berkowitz

AKA: __________________________

Convicted of ______________ in New York

Sentenced to ______________________________

________________________________

As the number of victims __________________, Berkowitz eluded the biggest police

__________________ in the history of __________________________ while

__________________ that ___________ the police and ______________ further crimes

“I am deeply hurt by you calling me a _____________________, I am not. But I am a

_______________________, I am the son of Sam”

Aileen Wuornos

AKA _______________________________

killed _______ men in ____________ between 1989 and 1990 by

________________ them at _________________________________

convicted and _________________________________ for the

murders and was ___________ by lethal injection on October 9, 2002

“I ___________ them and __________ them ______ as ice and I

know I would kill again because I have __________________________ for a long time”

Harold Shipman

AKA ______________________

British General ________________________ and one of the most

_______________ serial killers of all times

___________ of ________ murders

Sentenced to ________________________________

_____-year-long investigation of all deaths certified by Shipman

chaired by Dame Janet Smith, identified _______________ and estimated his total

victim count at ________, about 80% of whom were _______________

“the only thing I did ____________ was not having her _________________, if I had had

her cremated I would _________ be having all this trouble”

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Edmund Kemper

AKA ___________________________

committed the ___________________ and ______________

of several ______________ in the early 1970s, as well as the

murders of both of his ______________________________

and his _____________________

______________________ and __________________

He solely targeted young female

________________________ during his killing _______________, luring them into his

____________ and driving them to __________ areas where he would murder them

before ______________ their corpses back to his _____________ to be

__________________ and _________________, with Kemper often keeping the

__________________ of his victims for several days before ______________. He then

murdered his ________________ and one of her friends before ________________

himself in to the authorities

Criminal __________________________ (aka investigative psychology)

Application of psychology to criminal investigation

Includes ________________ and practice involving:

◦ _____________________________

◦ _____________________________

◦ _____________________________

◦ _____________________________

◦ _____________________________

◦ _____________________________

_____________ criminal profilers

What is criminal profiling?

Construction of a __________________, __________________ and ________________

profile of the type of person _______________ to have committed the crime

Usually applied to ___________________________ (serial murders, serial rapes…)

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Criminal Profiling (used in extreme cases)

GOALS SHORT COMINGS

Narrow field of __________________ suspects

Rely too _____________ on ______________ vs _________________ practices

_____________ where the offender might be Working on making it more ______________

______________ where and how the next _______________ may occur

Read “Hurting the ones we love” from Mind Hunter

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First documented case

New York City 1950’s

“___________________”

Psychiatrist James Brussell constructs a _______________:

◦ ____________ male, 40’s - 50’s

◦ Lives with aunt or sister

◦ Hates ______________, loves _______________

◦ Will wear double-breasted suit when apprehended

“Father of profiling”

John Douglas

◦ _____ years with the ______, _______________ Support Unit

◦ Developed ____________ techniques now taught in the FBI’s

_______________ Science Unit

◦ Consulted on Atlanta child murders,

_____________________________, Unabomber

Serial Killer Classifications

Motive Based classifications

______________ Killers

◦ Hear _______________

_____________________ killers

◦ Get rid of ____________ of people

__________ killers

◦ Derive ______________ pleasures

____________ killers

◦ Get a ________ from ___________

____________ killers

◦ Will ______________ in some way

_____________ killers

Like to play “___________

Crime Scene classification

Crime scenes may provide

_________________ about the

person ____________________

_______________________ scene

_______________________ scene

________________ classification

has enough ___________________

data to back them

All based on ___________________

and _____________________ data

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Organized

Crime scene

______________________

Little _____________ found at scene

Carefully planned _______ to

__________________ risk and

apprehension

Describes most _______________, they are

______ functioning members of _________

What it may say about the criminal

__________________

Knows ___________ from

____________

___________________________

_______________ out of a _______

for ______________ or some

__________ for themselves

Organized vs. Disorganized

Organized crime scene:

◦ Body is ______________

◦ _____________ is ______________ from scene

◦ Appears to be _____________________

◦ The _______________ is ______________________ targeted

◦ _____________________ often used

◦ __________________________ takes place before __________________

Disorganized

Crime scene

________ pre-planning

____________ evidence

(________________/blood/semen)

often found at the scene

What it might say about the criminal

A ________________ offender?

Influence of ___________? ______?

Mental _______________?

Organized vs. Disorganized

Disorganized:

___________ not hidden

_______________ is present

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Appears to be ______________________

___________ may be an ______________________

__________________ or ___________ post-mortem

___________________ vs Signature (linking crimes)

“M.O.”

What the __________________

does to commit the crime “______”

Can ___________ with

__________________

Ex. Uses a ______ vs a __________

to lure victim

Signature

A ___________ done for

________________ satisfaction

(“____________”)

Does not ________________

between crimes

______ useful in __________ crimes

Ex. ______________ or

_________________ victims

What does it all mean?

_______________ crime scene suggests an offender:

◦ ______________ or _______________ average IQ

◦ __________________, usually quite _____________

◦ Socially ___________________

◦ Uses _______________ in ____________________ of crime

◦ Uses ____________ to drive to crime scene/______________ for victim

◦ ___________________ with _________________________of his crimes

___________________ crime scene suggests an offender:

◦ ______________ average IQ

◦ ________________ employment record, __________________

◦ Socially _____________________

◦ ________________ close to crime scene

◦ ______________ discipline as a _______________

◦ Extremely ____________________

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Profiling a Serial Killer: “The Trailside Killer”

_______________________________ Mount Tamalpais August 1979

◦ ___________________ (44 years) found dead

◦ _____________________, ________________ position

◦ Single _____________________ wound to ________________ of head

◦ No ____________________ of _____________________ assault

◦ No _____________________

Trailside Killer

March 1980

◦ __________________________ (23 years)

◦ Stabbed in _______________

◦ _______________, _______________________ position

October 1980

◦ ___________________________ (26 years)

◦ Shot in ______________

◦ _______________: not _______________, not ___________________

November 1980

◦ _____________________________ (25 years)

◦ Found in a _________________________NEXT TO

_____________________________ (22 years) who had been ______________

for one month

◦ _______________ shot in head

_______________ day: _______ more bodies

◦ _________________ (19 years) and fiancee _____________________ (18 years)

◦ _______________ to have been killed the ____________ weekend as

__________________________________ in mid-October

March 1981

◦ _________________________ Redwoods State Park

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◦ Ellen Marie Hansen (20) & Steven Haertle

◦ Threatened to _______________ Ellen, ____________ & _____________ her

when she _________________

◦ Steven was ___________ but ________________

◦ Able to give a ____________________ of the man

Trailside Killer: Constructing a profile (John Douglas)

Crime scenes in ______________ areas only accessible by ____________: Killer was

__________________ in area, a local

Victims ___________ from _________ in blitz-style attack: Killer was ___________, not

able to _________ victims with ____________________. Blitz-style ___________ was

the only way he could _______________ victims

Victims ranged in _______ and __________________: Killer ____________ know

victims. He is acting out a ________________

Victims were _____________: Killer is _____________

Able to evade ____________: Low to mid __________

Probably spent time in _________________, possibly attempted _______________

Blue-collar ______________

Very _______________

Not ________________ act - precipitating stressor

History of __________________, ______________________ and/or

_________________________________________ (as a child)

SPEECH IMPEDIMENT

__________________, didn’t want to be seen

Relied on _____________________________ victim

Indicates a _______________, but unlikely _________________ because was

able to _________________ victim

David Carpenter

______________________ male, ____________ (*profile of age incorrect)

Industrial arts ________________

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__________________ of ________________ women and served _________ time

______________________ and ___________________ mother

____________________________ & ____________________________ as a child

SEVERE _______________

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After reading this article write a paragraph (4-5 sentences)

giving 2 interesting facts, and your opinion as to why women

are less likely to kill than men.

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CASE STUDY: Create a storybook/comic strip to complete the

case study write up, must contain a minimum of 6 pages/boxes;

Here is an example of a comic strip. On a plain sheet of paper create six

boxes/areas. To then draw out the case study. You can also use index cards like

we did in class. Add color and be creative with how to add the information to the

storybook/comic strip with few to no words.

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What:

• Brief description of case

Who:

• victim, suspect, & their relationship

• any other key players (witnesses, lawyers, experts)

When/ Where:

• Year, geographic location (ex: San Diego, CA)

• Physical location/ time of day

Evidence:

• Forensic evidence/ witness testimony

• How did the suspect become a suspect?

• Did suspect have the means/ motive/ opportunity?

Outcome:

• Legal outcome

Reflections:

• Why do you think this case is famous?

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Complete the following WKST, answering questions about this

CASE STUDY.

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Complete CASE STUDY write up as usual;

What:

• Brief description of case

Who:

• victim, suspect, & their relationship

• any other key players (witnesses, lawyers, experts)

When/ Where:

• Year, geographic location (ex: San Diego, CA)

• Physical location/ time of day

Evidence:

• Forensic evidence/ witness testimony

• How did the suspect become a suspect?

• Did suspect have the means/ motive/ opportunity?

Outcome:

• Legal outcome

Reflections:

• Why do you think this case is famous?

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List of Famous Crimes/Criminals

This is an incomplete list of famous cases (some of these were covered in the notes or we have

covered in class before, those we did not over do some research) Jot down some “basic” info

(nicknames, crime, victims, what’s interesting/unique)

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