View chapter Purchase book Read full chapter URL: Investigative Relevance Dr.Claire Ferguson, in Profiling and Serial Crime (Third Edition), 2014 Introduction Criminal profiling is one tool available to investigative agencies that may assist in narrowing suspect pools, linking crimes, providing relevant leads and new investigative strategies, and keeping the overall investigation on track ( Turvey, 2008 ).From: Profiling and Serial Crime (Third Edition), 2014 Related terms: Law Enforcement Behavioural Sciences Psychologists Homicide Victimology View all Topics Download as PDF Set alert About this page Criminal Profiling Wayne A.Petherick, Brent E.
![]() Investigative Analysis For Law Enforcement How To Make OneWith no shortage of inferences based on a variety of methods, the criminal-profiling community and the literature it spawns suffer greatly from an absence of accuracy and applied understanding with respect to precisely what an inference is and how to make one without becoming lost in fallacy.
Investigative Analysis For Law Enforcement Full Chapter URLThis chapter explains how valid inferences are made against the framework of criminal profiling. It requires the use of the scientific method, an applied understanding of the science of logic, and the ability to know when someone is wrong. The forensic communitys affiliation with both law enforcement and the prosecution has fashioned an atmosphere in which an unsettling number of forensic professionals have all but abandoned objectivity and have become completely partial to the prosecutions objectives, goals, and philosophies. This stems from the fact that subtle forms of bias, whether conscious or unconscious, can easily contaminate their seemingly objective undertakings. Observer effects are present when the results of a forensic examination are distorted by the context and mental state of the forensic examiner to include the examiners subconscious expectations and desires. A strict adherence to, and a full embrace of, the scientific method is the first in a series of steps that can blunt the effects of even the most pervasive forms of bias. View chapter Purchase book Read full chapter URL: Forensic Psychology D. Louw, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Behavioral Sciences, 2001 2.8 Profiling Criminal profiling refers to the process in which the nature of a crime is used to make inferences about the personality and other characteristics of the likely offender. The sensational and dramatic elements of profiling portrayed in various well-known movies, television series, and books (usually those depicting a serial killer) seem to be in sharp contrast with reality. Profiling is not widely accepted in the psychological and legal community, and some courts have even ruled profiling testimony inadmissible. There are two main reasons for this (Gudjonsson and Haward 1998 ). First, a criminal profile only gives a broad indication of the type of person who may have committed the crime. ![]() The profiler is therefore unable to say whether it is more probable than not that a specific offender did, in fact, commit the crime. Second, there is no scientific evidence to support the reliability and validity of criminal profiling in solving crimes. Indeed, it seems that when profiling does assist the police in solving a case or in opening up new lines of inquiry, it is the exception rather than the rule. ![]() However, much more research needs to be done before criminal profiling will earn its place as a valuable forensic tool. A variation of profiling that has evoked some interest in the news media is psychological autopsy, which comprises the compilation of a psychological profile of especially well-known deceased individuals. It is also used in suicide cases, for example, to determine whether the deceased could indeed have committed suicide. However, as in the case of criminal profiling, its reliability and validity are also questioned.
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