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  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   CASE STUDY: 521: IDENTITY THEFT Background and Victimology From June 18 through June 27, 2003, Van T. Dinh purchased approximately 9,120 put option contracts for the common stock of Cisco Systems at the strike price of $15.00 per share through his online trading account at Cybertrader.com.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 9 A 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Common Forensic Findings. The stalker believes or knows that his or her actions will instill fear of death or bodily injury to the victim or a member of the victim’s family or household.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 E67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Often a laundering process may be used. For example, buyers send their responses to another country; the mail, received by the overseas forwarding agent, is opened, and cash or checks are placed in a foreign bank account; the order is remailed under a different cover back to the United States.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 D67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Defining Characteristics Victimology. Typically the victim is unknown to the offender; however, the victim may be an acquaintance.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 C67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   There is a long history of behavioral management problems going back to early childhood, resulting in a low level of adult social, professional, and interpersonal competence. It is this extensive history or acting out concomitant with a low level of social competence that distinguishes this individual from the power-reassurance rapist (see Case Study 313.03.01).  

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 B67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Their fantasies and behaviors are hypothesized to reflect an amalgam of sexual arousal, distorted male cognitions about women and sexuality, feelings of social and sexual inadequacy, and masculine self-image concerns.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 8 A67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   This match, which occurred as part of a regular comparison of felon DNA with DNA left at the scenes of crimes, constituted the first cold DNA match in Monroe County since the state database was vastly expanded during 1999.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 B 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   He claimed that his motive was revenge against the Consolidated Edison Company (Con Edison), the major energy provider to the area. He claimed it was liable for a plant accident that occurred in 1931, causing him to be disabled and a sufferer of tuberculosis. This could never be proven, so his disability claim was denied.  

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 7 A 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Common Forensic Findings. The female arsonist’s accelerant of choice tends to be flammables that are readily accessible, such as lighter fluid. The male in this category is inclined to use excessive amounts of accelerants such as gasoline. If he uses a Molotov cocktail, cloth for fiber comparisons, glass for possible fingerprints, as well as accelerant residue are important forensic evidence.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 I 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The SLA was founded by a black escaped convict, Donald DeFreeze. Its roots sprang from the black prison population in California. The most famous incident involving the SLA was the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst, who later joined the organization and assisted in a bank robbery perpetrated by the SLA.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 H 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Albert DeSalvo was arrested for breaking and entering an apartment and confessed to being the offender. He was a twenty- nine-year-old man with a wife and two children. He had a history of breaking and entering, assault and battery, as well as sexual offenses.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 G 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   The “right” day came on June 24, 1979, and at least four other times between June and October 31, 1979, during which Bittaker and Norris were responsible for at least five murders.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 F 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   After the abduction, the offender made several phone calls to the family and conversed primarily with the victim’s older sister. He used an electronic device to disguise his voice because, he indicated, he was known to the family. These calls continued after the victim’s death. The offender would make references to a letter—the victim’s last will and testament he had sent to them. Although the victim died shortly after her abduction, he led the family to believe the victim was still alive until they found the body, a week later.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 E 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Victimology Rose lived alone for many years in the same apartment, a second-floor walk- up. Carmela and Rose were initially friendly neighbors; Carmela would visit Rose’s house frequently and sit and have coffee.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 D 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   Defining Characteristics Victimology. The victims of a nonspecific homicide are random, with no direct relationship between victim and offender. Victims can be male, female, adults, or children and demonstrate a variety of characteristics and lifestyle.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 C 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   As an adult, Shirley went through three marriages, none lasting more than a few months because she abused her children. She became dependent on Valium, attempted suicide twice, and seems to have allowed her sense of propriety to slip away. She would often dress provocatively and go out to bars, leaving the two children home alone. On one occasion, she woke Torran up at 2:00 A.M. to pick her up at a bar twenty miles from their home. Torran was about fifteen years old at the time and obviously troubled and unhappy.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 B 67 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION CASE STUDY: 107.02: COMMERCIAL PROFIT Background On the morning of July 9, 1991, thirty-four-year-old Steven Benson surprised everyone by showing up early at his mother’s home. He had made arrangements the night before to accompany his family to look at some property that morning. No one really expected him, as it was out of character for him to be up early. Nevertheless, he appeared at his mother’s home at 7:30 A.M. Soon after he arrived, he took her Chevrolet Suburban to buy some doughnuts and coffee but took almost an hour and half to return.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 87 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION   CASE STUDY: 104: KIDNAP MURDER Background At 9:50 P.M. on July 26, 1988, the Jackson Police Department, Jackson, Mis- sissippi, received a phone call from Robert Hearin. His wife, Annie, was missing. Hearin had arrived home late that afternoon to an empty house and had become increasingly alarmed after calling friends in an attempt to locate his wife. A search of the area by police produced a ransom note that had been left in the foyer. The note demanded that Hearin pay twelve people who had fought legal battles with School Pictures of Mississippi, which he owned.

  Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 5 37 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler, Editors   Information retrieval from these machines was challenging. Information retrieval was performed by VI CAP CAs, who had to master the Natural programming language to access the database (written in Adabase) on the mainframe computer (an Amdahl). With practice, the VI CAP CAs learned to prepare discrete queries designed to elicit cases exhibiting characteristics similar to the case under analysis. Their satisfaction with the query results exceeded the accuracy of the Automated Modus Operandi System, used until 1997.

  Crime Classification Manual Part I Chapter 3 7 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITION John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler, Editors   Plea bargaining a settlement between first- or second-degree homicide, for example, is an extremely difficult approach for the prosecution to accept. Even worse is a descent to manslaughter, especially when the investigation suggests a more serious charge. Some prosecutorial weakness effectively targeted by the defense may release the offender from being prosecuted to the full extent of the law; worse, he may escape any form of judicial justice whatsoever. Nevertheless, a plea-bargaining agreement can and should be sustained as an effective antidote when there is insufficient evidence to sup- port the maximum charge and accompanying penalties.