The field of criminal profiling has advanced tremendously since the early days of its conception with the study of psychology and the involvement of various mental health experts largely the reason. This focus on psychology led to the development of multiple theories with the incorporation of various psychological principles; one of these theories is the ‘Diagnostic Evaluation’ or ‘Clinical Approach’, this approach was developed by clinical psychologists and psychiatrists and tends to assume that the offender has some form of mental illness and thus examines the crime scene from that perspective. It is generally agreed in the field of psychology that most offenders suffer some form of mental illness with “the most commonly associated with
