BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

What are three of the primary goals of Behavioral Evidence Analysis in the investigative phase? Provide examples.

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1. What are three of the primary goals of Behavioral Evidence Analysis in the investigative phase? Provide examples.

2. Explain why profilers should be responsible for requesting case materials in writing. Be specific.

3. What are the four investigative and forensic protocols that should be relied upon in performing a crime scene analysis? Provide a detailed example.

4. What is the purpose of maintaining an equivocal mindset when performing a crime scene analysis? Be specific.

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1. What are some of the primary goals of behavioral evidence analysis in the investigative phase?

The investigative phase involves behavioral evidence analysis of the patterns of unknown suspects of already reported crimes. In this phase, the criminal profilers are called upon when the available evidence or leads is not adequate to carry on with the investigation. The primary phase has the following objectives that aim to establish more evidence for the crime further. Here, there is a search for any correlation of potentially related crimes by looking for crime scene indicators and behavior patterns by for example looking at the modus operandi and the signature…