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		Profiles constructed by the FBI profilers, clinical psychologists, criminologists, and the police routinely draw inferences about, for example, serial murderers and their behaviors based solely on work experience, gut feelings, and the motivation of the offender.
		The 'truth' of the conclusions reached by deductive profiling is a contingent truth; that is, it depends upon the truth, or the basis for the truth, for theories formed when the investigator first arrives on scene or during interviews.
		If, for example, an a profiler or investigator in a serial murder investigation deduced from their current ongoing investigation specific knowledge that serial murderers were preferential about selecting particular victims, they may decide only to include cases for consideration where the victim targeting is similar.
	www.investigativepsych.com /inductive.htm (1011 words)

	Criminal Profile
		Criminal profiling, as the FBI pioneered it may be defined as a process used to analyze a specific crime or series or crimes in order to develop a behavioral composite of an unknown offender.
		A deductive criminal profile is a set of offender characteristics that are reasoned from the convergence of the physical and behavioral evidence patterns within a crime or a series of related crimes.
		Criminal profiling is used to describe any process of inferring distinctive personality characteristics of individuals responsible for committing criminal acts.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/cjrp/criminalprofile.html (1587 words)

	© Knowledge Solutions LLC 1997 - 2002 / Deductive Criminal Profiling
		The process of criminal profiling in its original form, as taught by Howard Teten and Pat Mullany at the FBI beginning in 1969, was completely different in origins and methodology from the construct of the psychological syndrome.
		An Inductive Criminal Profile does not fully or accurately take into account current offenders who are at large, therefore it is by its very nature missing datasets from the most intelligent or skillful criminal populations; the criminals who are successful in continually avoiding detection by law enforcement.
		A Deductive Criminal Profile is one that is deduced from the careful forensic examination and behavioral reconstruction of a single offender's crime scene(s).
	www.corpus-delicti.com /Profiling_law.html (3446 words)

	Profiling: Assessment of the Problem
		Criminal personality profiling is still within the preliminary stages of its development, and can thus be best classified as an art rather than a scientific pursuit (McCann, 1992).
		The profiler identifies and interprets evidence at the crime scene which might be indicative of the personality type of the individual(s) committing the crime.
		The "general and non-specific descriptors" inherent in profiling are also viewed as problematic by Campbell (1976) who believes that profiles will cause investigators to focus all of their attention on searching for a suspect and corroborating evidence to match the profile.
	www.geocities.com /capitolhill/Lobby/7446/assess.html (3434 words)

	Criminal Profiling Research Site. Scientific Offender Profiling Resource in Switzerland. Criminology, Law, Psychology. ...
		Criminal profiling is used mostly by behavioral scientists and the police to narrow down an investigation to those suspects who possess certain behavioral and personality features that are revealed by the way a crime was committed ("behavior reflects personality"; Douglas, J.E., Olshaker, M.).
		General profiling rules, such as, for example, "the older the victim, the younger the offender, starting at 25 and adding or subtracting years based on the degree of sophistication" (The Anatomy of Motive, Douglas, J.E., Olshaker M.) are used as guidelines but need to be adapted to each case, as stated below.
		The profiler does not want to be told about possible suspects at this stage because such data might prejudice or prematurely direct his or her profile.
	www.criminalprofiling.ch /introduction.html (2694 words)

	Criminal Profiling For The PI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Because criminal profiling so greatly depends on the accuracy of information connected with the crime and the community, profiling should not be viewed as a process that can be properly conducted separate from investigative effort.
		The lead profiler on any case an be someone from within or without the department depending on the skill levels available internally and preferably, a teamwork approach to case analysis would create a continuing dialogue that would not entirely hinge on the opinion of one investigator or profiler.
		Profilers should be called in to work as a member of a team; they should neither be considered outsiders to the investigative process nor should they be considered infallible in their profile analysis.
	www.pimall.com /nais/nl/n.criminalprofiling.html (1077 words)

	Criminal Profiling in Forensic Psychology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Criminal profiling exists in large part due to the work of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, a department dedicated to "developing new and innovative investigative approaches and techniques to the solution of crime by studying the offender, and his/her behavior and motivation".
		Criminal Profile: the combined first three steps are used to create a criminal profile incorporating the motives, physical qualities, and personality of the perpetrator.
		The Investigation: the profile is given to investigators on the case and to organizations that may have data leading to the identification of a suspect.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~mlyount/MySites/ForensicPsychology/CriminalProfiling.html (1195 words)

	WCR v4n1 McCord
		With this forward by John I. Thorton to Turvey's second edition of Criminal Profiling, the reader discovers early on that the object of criminal profiling, also referred to as investigative analysis, psychological profiling, and behavioral evidence analysis, is an attempt to categorize the personality characteristics of offenders by their behavior at crime scenes.
		A significant part of the FBI's process of criminal profiling is the inclusion of inferences based upon their prior studies of serial killers and rapists.
		Deductive profiles, according to Turvey, are based upon the totality of evidence that is observed and the behavior identified at a particular crime scene or series.
	wcr.sonoma.edu /v4n1/mccord.html (1230 words)

	Criminal profiling: the reality behind the myth
		The profile proved dead on: It led police right to Metesky, who was arrested in January 1957 and confessed immediately.
		The goal of investigative psychology's form of profiling, like all profiling, is to infer characteristics of a criminal based on his or her behavior during the crime.
		He has studied, for example, whether police officers perceive the same profile to be more accurate and useful when they believe it was written by a professional profiler rather than a layperson.
	www.apa.org /monitor/julaug04/criminal.html (2065 words)

	New Thoughts on Criminal Profiling
		Criminal profiling has always been one of the most popular editorial topics within the Forensic Psychology section at Suite101.
		The two profiling methodology types are still bantering about which method is better, while neither of them has pushed for a strong independent investigation of which approach is better.
		The ultimate goal of profiling (beyond the assistance in apprehension of an offender) is to create a method that is objective and statistically provable.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/forensic_psychology/94816 (534 words)

	Criminal Profiling Overview by Brent E. Turvey MS Copyright 1997 Knowledge Solutions LLC
		Criminal Investigative Analysis is a term which accounts for several services performed by forensic behavioral specialists.
		The main objective of a criminal profile is to provide investigators with specific information about unknown suspects that will aid in that suspects identification and/or apprehension.
		Profiling is most helpful in, but not limited to, violent serial sex crimes.
	www.corpus-delicti.com /profile.html (397 words)

	Crime Scene Investigation Books--Criminal Profiling
		Deductive profiling is different from other forms of profiling because it centers the process on forensic evidence, and does not involve the use of averaged, statistical profiles.
		Criminal Profiling includes a thorough rendering of the features of the deductive profiling method, an overview of the legal aspects involved in profiling, and an exploration into specific profiling issues that arise in different types of serial crime.
		It presents two basic ideas: that offender profiling is not an end in itself, but is purely an instrument for steering an investigation in a particular direction, and that the process of developing a profile depends on a combination of investigative experience together with objective findings from behavioral science research.
	www.crime-scene-investigator.net /profiling-books.html (963 words)

	Forensic Hypnosis Investigator Certification Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Criminal profiling has many different names; offender profiling, psychological criminal profiling, psychological profiling, criminal personality profiling, and criminal investigative analysis to mention a few.
		Criminal profiling is an investigative technique and forensic science that has been practiced on many different levels for many years by law enforcement including the FBI and others.
		Criminal Profiling dates back to the 1800's during the White Chapel Murders (Jack the Ripper).You do not have to be in law enforcement in order to take and use this great course.This course review and approved by a captain of a police department.
	www.forensiceducation.org (727 words)

	Criminal Investigation Courses - Institute of Police Technology and Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Through criminal personality profiling, you will be able to more accurately determine the personality type you are confronting and some of the interviewing techniques best suited to elicit information from that individual.
		This course is designed for those representatives of the criminal justice system whose principal responsibility is the interviewing and interrogating of individuals involved as victims, witnesses or suspects in criminal investigations.
		You are encouraged to bring one uncleared death case for presentation to fellow officers and to a panel of experts in the fields of criminal profiling, major case management, crime scene and injury reconstruction, criminalistic, medicolegal autopsies and interrogation and statement analysis.
	www.iptm.org /crim.htm (1896 words)

	Deductive Criminal Profiling: Comparing Apllied Methodologies between Inductive and Deductive Profiling Techniques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The purpose of this work is to overview the nature of Deductive Criminal Profiling, and demonstrate how its origins, assumptions, and methodology are fundamentally different from the origins, assumptions, and methodology of Inductive Criminal Profiling, and by inference syndrome evidence.
		Therefore, our offender, who is part of this large group who fit this "profile" called "serial killers" is a white male age 20-35, lives with his mother, and drives a VW Bug.
		The whole profile is logic statement, based solidly on the arguements made through an analysis of behavior patterns.
	emmaf.isuisse.com /base/inducdeducprof.html (3453 words)

	The Future of Criminal Profiling
		Criminal Profiling as an acceptable investigative tool has received increased interest by both the media, academia, and police forces.
		This model was created by a number of FBI special agents through the application of their investigative experiences and a number of case studies created during prison interviews.
		The profiling process of this style does not take the questionable case study approach that the FBI model is based upon.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/forensic_psychology/26583 (527 words)

	Robert A. Levy on blacks & profiling on National Review Online
		The gain from a terrorist profile might reach from halting an airline hijacking to preventing madmen from using a weapon of mass destruction.
		Thus, other things being equal, the fit of a terrorist profile that included ethnicity would likely be tighter than the fit of a criminal profile that included race.
		To be sure, behavior profiling — that is, monitoring conduct rather than immutable characteristics such as race or ethnicity — is less invasive and may be equally effective.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-levy020602.shtml (735 words)

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		Criminal Geographic Targeting (CGT) is a strategic information management system that allows investigators to prioritize their efforts on those areas that are most likely to lead to the offender.
		This application relies on certain known propensities of serial criminals which support this type of analysis (e.g., a tendency to hunt in known areas, a desire to disguise the home location, quantifiable criteria for perceived distance to crime sites, and an identifiable set of characteristics relating the crimes to a single serial criminal).
		Theoretical Basis The spatial model of criminal target selection, introduced by Professors Paul Brantingham and Patricia Brantingham of Simon Fraser University, is based upon the geographic intersection of suitable targets and offender awareness zones, generated from activity spaces.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /nij/maps/denver2002/Moore.doc (1469 words)

	Behavioral Criminology International: Gregg McCrary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Because profiling is investigatively oriented, there is no substitute for gaining experience as a criminal investigator.
		Most FBI profilers have advanced degrees in one or more of the social sciences, but there is no singular academic background that would either guarantee or preclude one from becoming a profiler.
		Those students writing papers on profiling and are interested in a literature review concerning the reliability and validity of profiling are well advised to obtain a copy of "Geographic Profiling" by Dr. Kim Rossmo (Published by CRC press).
	www.criminalprofiler.com /faq.htm (625 words)

	Criminal Profiling Workshop / © 1996 - 2001 Knowledge Solutions LLC
		Those attending the ABP Annual Meeting December 14-16, may register for the Criminal Profiling Workshop on December 17 for the reduced rate of $75.00.
		He has participated as a forensic scientist and /or criminal profiler in the investigative or trial phase for both law enforcement and attorney clients around the United States.
		Total registration fee per attendee is $100.00 US Those attending the ABP Annual Meeting December 14-16, may register for the Criminal Profiling Workshop on December 17 for the reduced rate of $75.00.
	www.forensic-science.com /course_description/sem_cp_oct2001.html (289 words)

	Profiler: The Role of Fantasy on Courttv.com
		In his books and articles, former FBI profiler John Douglas likes to use Brudos as a textbook example of a predator who continued to refine his fantasy while escalating his crimes.
		The word "fantasy" is a staple in the vocabulary of profilers.
		In his book, "Whoever Fights Monsters," former FBI profiler Robert Ressler recounts an interview with a murderer who had no doubt that he would kill.
	www.courttv.com /onair/shows/profiler/column_1023.html (849 words)

	Criminal Profiling by Wayne Petherick
		While the role of the Bureau in the development of profiling cannot be denied, they are often afforded a greater involvement in criminal investigations than they have in reality, and many of the agents (current and retired) are often attributed with developing methods that were in place before they even reached the FBI.
		Profiling most notably can be traced back to work done in the latter part of the last century, and possibly before this in a variety of forms.
		It is the purpose of this article to explore the historical roots of modern criminal profiling, and to provide insight into how the modern methods have developed.
	crimelibrary.com /criminology/criminalprofiling2 (793 words)

	Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction
		Criminal Profiling- The application of psychological theory to the analysis and reconstruction of the forensic evidence that relates to an offender's crime scenes, victims and behaviors.
		Criminal Profiling looks at the physical evidence and the reconstruction and attempts to determine "Why may this have happened?" and "What does that tell us about Who may have done it?".
		As profiling is intended as an investigative tool, it attempts to go beyond the reconstruction, and answer questions of intent and motivation.
	www.crimeandclues.com /introduction.htm (2619 words)

	The Importance of Victimology in Criminal Profiling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The most important aspect of victimology in relation to profiling is the fact that it narrows the offender type tremendously.
		The profiler has learned as much about the victim and now knows a great deal about the type of person the offender is. An experienced profiler will know that certain suspects will feel remorseful or lack remorse.
		Finally, victimology is important to criminal profiling because it enables the profilers to recognize if a specific type of person is at risk.
	isuisse.ifrance.com /emmaf/base/impvic.html (1216 words)

	DNA Criminal Profiling
		DNA profiling allows criminal database studies to be created for criminals.
		Criminal profiling is extremely useful in matters of future criminal identification and maintenance of criminal records.
		Criminal profiling studies are performed with the identification of future crime scene DNA sampling methods
	www.genetestlabs.co.uk /forensic/forensicscriminalprofiling.htm (114 words)

	PI Magazine - Criminal Profiling
		Criminal Profiling is a unique work centered on the deductive profiling method developed by the author and motivated by the limited knowledge available regarding the criminal profiling process.
		Deductive profiling is different from other forms of profiling in that it focuses on criminal profiling as an investigative process, solving real crime through an honest understanding of the nature and behavior of criminals.
		Criminal Profiling in the Death of Marilyn Reese Sheppard
	www.pimagazine.com /books/eap02.htm (357 words)

	Criminal Profiling by Wayne Petherick
		Their crimes occupy a high profile category, and occur at the end of the spectrum of normality (an arbitrary distinction between us and people not like us).
		It is the purpose of this paper to explore a dozen or so of the most popular myths relating to serial murder and criminal profiling, and to examine where possible what the literature says about them.
		This paper will set the stage for subsequent works on criminal profiling, including the developmental origins of criminal profiling, the different methods used in the profiling of criminals, and the evaluations of criminal profiling.
	www.crimelibrary.com /serial4/criminalprofiling (653 words)

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