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Certain repetitive pattern of a criminal's way of Committing crime is called as :

  • A.Signature crime
  • B.Modus-operandi
  • C.Probability crime
  • D.Corpus-delicti

Answer: B

The repetitive pattern is the modus operandi.

Modus operandi (method of operation) is the way an offender habitually commits crimes: the time, the target, the means of entry, the tools and the precautions taken. Because criminals tend to repeat methods that have worked, it helps link crimes and identify suspects.

A signature is a ritual element not needed to commit the crime, reflecting the offender's psychological needs, so it is different from the method. Corpus delicti is the body of facts showing a crime was committed, and 'probability crime' is not a term of criminology.

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