Instructions

• Case Study: We will be working on the Jack the Ripper case from the 1880's! This is a case that many people know, and to this day, it is still unsolved. Here are two websites that will give you information about the case:
  • www.jack-the-ripper.org/jack-the-ripper-murder-sites.htm
  • www.casebook.org/victim

PickONE Crime Scene to work with.

Collect important crime scene information available on these links (think of them as your crime file)

• Classification Model: Choose ONE of the below models to work with.You should ONLY focus on thecrime scenepart of the model (do not use any of the information that discusses the offender characteristics).You should use the model described in the reading, which includes any tables they outline AND information in the text itself as it includes additional information. Some of the readings are cut off, that is OK, you do not need the rest of what is missing for the exercise.
  • FBI Model: Organized & Disorganized Homicide
  • Holmes & Holmes Model: Visionary, Mission, Comfort, Lust & Thrill Homicide
  • Keppel & Walter Model: Power & Anger Homicide
• Questions. Complete the questions inside the quiz.
• Word Length:Each answer should be between 100-150 words.

The Reflection Questions

1. What crime scene/victim did you choose?
2. Using the model you have picked, which SUB-TYPE (from the model you chose) did your crime scene fit best?
3. Once you had your case study, and once you had read about the model, did have had an immediate sense of what type of crime scene you were dealing with (System 1, that we learn about in the previous topic)? Whether yes or no, stop and think, did your sense of what type of crime scene it was happen quickly, even before any kind of deliberate process was engaged in? (There is no right or wrong answer, be honest, and reflect on how you are becoming aware of your own information processing, the key here is to be aware).
4. In this exercise we next want to focus on how we can use the Model to help us engage in a System 2 type of thinking, a deliberate process. Next we will try to do so. Using the model more deliberately, try to decide using the information provided, what type of crime scene we are dealing with. Describe how you went about what your process was. Provide clear detail that shows step by step what you did trying to use the model to figure out wat type of crime scene you had.
5. Based on your experience of this exercise, reflect on anything that came up about the process of trying to classify a crime scene. Challenges or difficulties, or any aha moments. What good questions do you have?