Cross-Situational Consistency in a Mastery Condition

Hettema, Joop; Bakel, Anton P. van

doi:10.1006/jrpe.1997.2181

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“…Primary control behaviours are those that involve acting on the environment, reflect the needs or desires of the individual and are goal‐directed. Primary behaviours were found to be more consistent across situations: Hettema and Van Bakel (1997) summarize this well: ‘Consistency is to be expected, particularly … where goal‐directed persons meet situations allowing them to transform the situation in the direction they prefer’ (p. 225).…”

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“…Hettema and Van Bakel (1997) contend that situations conducive to primary control behaviours are particularly likely to arise where the actor is experienced in the activity, such as where ‘Experienced professionals meet situations with which they are professionally familiar’ (p. 225). Thus, experience with a situation or familiarity increases behavioural consistency.…”

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The psychology of linking crimes: A review of the evidence

Woodhams

Hollin

Bull

2007

Legal Criminol Psychol

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Purpose. This paper is concerned with case linkage, a form of behavioural analysis used to identify crimes committed by the same offender, through their behavioural similarity. Whilst widely practised, relatively little has been published on the process of linking crimes. This review aims to draw together diverse published studies by outlining what the process involves, critically examining its underlying psychological assumptions and reviewing the empirical research conducted on its viability. Methods. Literature searches were completed on the electronic databases, PsychInfo and Criminal Justice Abstracts, to identify theoretical and empirical papers relating to the practice of linking crimes and to behavioural consistency. Results. The available research gives some support to the assumption of consistency in criminals' behaviour. It also suggests that in comparison with intra‐individual variation in behaviour, inter‐individual variation is sufficient for the offences of one offender to be distinguished from those of other offenders. Thus, the two fundamental assumptions underlying the practice of linking crimes, behavioural consistency and inter‐individual variation, are supported. However, not all behaviours show the same degree of consistency, with behaviours that are less situation‐dependent, and hence more offender‐initiated, showing greater consistency. Conclusions. The limited research regarding linking offenders' crimes appears promising at both a theoretical and an empirical level. There is a clear need, however, for replication studies and for research with various types of crime.

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Section: Behavioural Consistency and Inter‐individual Variationmentioning

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Section: Behavioural Consistency and Inter‐individual Variationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The psychology of linking crimes: A review of the evidence

Woodhams

Hollin

Bull

2007

Legal Criminol Psychol

108

128

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“…Hettema and van Bakel (1997) argue that experience and expertise with a situation foster an ability to adapt and transform that situation as one wishes (that is, experience fosters behavioural control), and this means that the behaviours observed in familiar situations are more likely to be those that refl ect one's desires than those that are in response to the environment. Grubin, Kelly, and Brunsdon's (2001) study on serial sexual assaults partially confi rmed the impact of expertise on consistency.…”

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To link or not to link: a test of the case linkage principles using serial car theft data

Tonkin¹,

Grant²,

Bond³

2008

Journal Invest Psychology

134

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“…Hettema and Van Bakel (1997) and Hettema and Hol (1998) reported that behaviours over which the individual exerts control are displayed with a higher degree of behavioural consistency. Bennell and Jones (2005) argued that the location chosen for a crime is a decision under the control of offender and thus, we should expect to see greater consistency in criminal spatial behaviour that could in turn be used for linking crimes.…”

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