To prepare:

• Review the case study options for the Final Project listed in the Final Project Overview document, and then consider which case study you might like to focus on for your Final Project.
  Note: You do not need to commit to a specific case study for the Final Project yet; however, you do need to select a potential Final Project case study to focus on for this Discussion.
• Review Chapter 2, of the course text, and the other Learning Resources this week. Consider the key concepts of crime scene profiling.
• Select at least two (2) key concepts from the list below:

  Key Concepts:

  • Actuarial Method of Profiling
  • Base Rate Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU)
  • Behavioral Science Unit (BSU)
  • Belief Persistence Case Linkage Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD)
  • Child Abduction Response Teams (Carts) Clinical Method of Profiling
  • Confirmation Bias
  • Deductive Analysis
  • Disorganized Asocial Offender
  • Disorganized Crime Scene
  • Fundamental Attribution Error or Bias
  • Inductive Analysis
  • International
  • Criminal Investigative
  • Analysis Fellowship (ICIAF)
  • Linkage Analysis
  • Mixed Crime Scene
  • Modus Operandi
  • National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC)
  • Organized Crime Scene
  • Organized Nonsocial Offender Personation

Post responses to the following:

• In your own words, define each of the key concepts you selected.
• Evaluate the utility of each of the concepts, and then explain how each may inform your potential Final Project case study analysis.

Note: Your posts should be substantial (350 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful post but cannot stand alone as the entire post.