Homework: Investigating a Missing Child
When assisting in a criminal case, a criminal investigative analyst must first determine the primary goal of the investigation and any other sub-goals related to the primary goal. The analyst must look at statistics concerning the crime and all evidence related to the crime. It is only then that the analyst can begin formulating a theory of what happened and who was involved.
In this Homework, you will play the role of a criminal investigative analyst who has been asked by a local law enforcement agency to assist in locating a missing child. You will recommend strategies for locating the child using clinical and actuarial approaches.
• Imagine that a child has gone missing and an Amber alert has gone out. Your local law enforcement has asked you for help locating the child and finding the perpetrator.
Task
In a 2 to 3 pages paper:
• Explain the aspects of this case that would warrant a clinical approach and which would warrant an actuarial approach. Recommend strategies for locating the child using each approach. Justify your rationale using the Learning Resources and other academic or professional sources. You can add fictional information about the case to support your answers.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Reference
• Bartol, C. R. & Bartol, A. M. (2010). Criminal & behavioral profiling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
o Chapter 3, "Scientific Approaches to Crime Scene Profiling" (pp. 57-92)
• Turvey, B. E. (2012). Criminal profiling: An introduction to behavioral evidence analysis (4th ed.). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
o Chapter 4, "The Mental Health Professional's Contribution to Criminal Profiling" (pp. 101-121)
o Chapter 5, "An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis" (pp. 121-140)
• Alison, L., Goodwill, A., Almond, L., van den Heuvel, C., & Winter, J. (2010). Pragmatic solutions to offender profiling and behavioural investigative advice. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 15(1), 115-132. doi:10.1348/135532509X463347.