... what can be termed a psychological assessment of the crime scene (Ault & Reese, 1980) and may include the following elements (Ault & Reese, 1980): Perpetrator's race, sex, age range, marital status, general employment and degree of sexual maturity; The possibility of the offender striking again, having committed similar offences in the past or having a police record; Offender's reaction to police questioning. The best known methods used are: a) The FBI's Crime Scene Analysis - principal foundation lies within the organised and disorganised offender dichotomy. It uses statistics to compare the behaviour of the current offender with those the Profiler has encountered before (Douglas & Ressler, 1978). b) Investigative Psychology - based on various aspects of the interaction between the victim and offender. It relies heavily on environmental psychology and also employs statistics (Canter, 1985). c) Behaviour Evidence Analysis - relies primarily on forensic evidence and is the latest school of thought with no statistics used on broad ...

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