When in the statment it has the same "M.O." as the last one.
Always in cop programs and films.
I understand that it is the same set up or signs/clues or signatures.What I really want to know is what it stands for ,why is it used and when it dates back to.
2007-01-18 20:01:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Modus operandi (often used in the abbreviated form MO) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "mode of operation." The plural is modi operandi ("modes of operation"). It is used in police work to describe a criminal's characteristic patterns and style of work. It is also applied in fraud investigation when talking of behavior patterns that indicate specific types of fraud. eg. False identity is a key MO of retail banking sleeper fraud.
The term is also commonly used in English in a non-criminal sense to describe someone's habits or manner of working, the method of operating or functioning.
A criminal's MO may also be used in offender profiling, where it can also be used to find clues to the perpetrator's psychology.
The method of operation or MO is sometimes confused with a criminal's "signature". While a criminal's MO may change over time, his or her signature will usually stay the same.
2007-01-18 20:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modus Operandi
2007-01-18 20:04:31 · answer #2 · answered by le païen 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's short for "Modus Operandi", latin for 'method of operation' or 'the way the criminal did it' or'how he did it'. It goes back a long time. It might have been coined by 'Sherlock Holmes's' author. Usually applies to a crime commited several times in the same manner. A pattern of sameness.
2007-01-18 20:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the abbreviation of Modus Operandi. This is latin for Modes of Operation and refers to a criminal's patterns and style of work i.e. their M.O.
2007-01-18 20:15:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Modus Operandi. It's latin meaning the strategy that was adopted. It is used widely by the police, not just in "cop programmes and films". I don't know when it dates back to, sorry.
Best wishes, J
2007-01-19 02:58:17 · answer #5 · answered by sirjulian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modus Operandi- the criminal's method of operating.
2007-01-18 23:02:03 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modus Operandi coming from the Latin for way of working, so it applies to a criminal who tends to commit his crimes in a similar way or leave the same kind of clue at each of their crime scenes.
2007-01-18 20:18:08 · answer #7 · answered by Eleanora 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Modus operandi it's Latin for mode of operation it's used to describe peoples characteristics
2007-01-18 20:04:59 · answer #8 · answered by snikleback 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modus Operandi (latin I believe) - mode of operation
Basically they carry out the crime in the same way
2007-01-18 20:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by Rats 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
M.O. stands for Method of Operation, but I'm unsure of when it date back
2007-01-18 20:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋