Which of the Following Is True of Criminal Profiling

question 105

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of criminal profiling?

• A)It identifies a specific suspect with a high rate of success.
• B)It offers a general psychological description of the most likely type of suspect.
• C)It helps police expand their investigation of difficult cases in all possible directions.
• D)It is unhelpful if the offender demonstrates some form of unusual repetitive behavior.

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Definitions:

Leadership Grid

A model that plots leadership styles along axes of concern for people and concern for production to help identify and develop leadership behaviors.

Authority-compliance Manager

A leadership style characterized by a high focus on task completion and low emphasis on employee relationships, prioritizing efficiency and results.

Creativity

The ability to produce original and valuable ideas, involving thinking new things or thinking in new ways.

Least Preferred Coworker

A concept from Fiedler's contingency theory of leadership, describing how a leader's effectiveness is influenced by their feelings towards the coworker they least enjoy working with.