Crime Scene Analysis and Criminal Profiling

Crime Scene Analysis and Criminal Profiling

The Case

O. J. Simpson was accused of murdering Nicole Simpson and a friend outside her home. The investigation accused O.J. Simpson of committing the murder, however he was found not guilty during the murder trial. This paper will study the crime scene, interpret motive, and describe the modus operandi or signature elements within the O.J Simpson murder case. In 1994 Simpson was convicted of murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, whom he divorced in 1992 and he was also convicted of murdering her friend Ronald Goldman. O. J. Simpson was the prime suspect who fled in a white Ford Bronco SUV in front of the police who wanted to arrest him. The chase across Beverly Hills was broadcast live by a U.S. television channel, although at the same time the final series of the National Basketball Association was held and a live performance by first time David Hasselhoff on U.S. television should be transferred. It was the first "criminal prosecution Ride", which was broadcast live via helicopter.

Criminal Profiling

Constructing a criminal profile is to build a psychological profile of a perpetrator from the crime scene. The profile is generally carried out by a forensic psychologist. This profile will be used by the investigator to assist in the arrest of the criminal. The profile is a silhouette of a psychological criminal. The police officials can learn a lot from the crime scene about a forensic psychologist who has committed a crime. Criminal profiling is often used to help investigators identify the killers, rapists or serial arsonists (Turvey, 2012). A crime scene can be disorganized, organized or mixed. An organized crime scene traces the planning capabilities of an attacker. He is meticulous and it is clear that the crime was thought for a while. The perpetrators of organized crime scenes are often the first born. They are smart. This is a series of stressful circumstances they are going to take action. Most of them are socially appropriate, they have a life together. They will monitor media coverage of the crime closely. A crime scene is often the result of impulsive aggression. The abuser will generally depersonalize the victim. The criminal profile is not only used to find potential attackers, but it also reduces the list of suspects already identified by law enforcement (Reiher, 2010). Although it is not effective in all cases, the criminal profile has helped investigators to understand hundreds of criminals. By also based on the interactions and motivations of previous criminals profile can predict accurately the characteristics of future attackers will be able to be stopped before they commit a second crime (Turvey, 2012).

Profiling is not simply to draw a general profile. In fact, it is a process that aims to reconstruct individual behavior. Following are the methods of criminal profiling:

The Inductive Method

This method has been used by the FBI since 1984 and profilers or "detectives" are trained criminologists in the method of the FBI since ...