Criminal Profiling The Reality Behind The Myth Summary

During a nearly 20-year period during the 1940s and 1950s, a man by the name of George Metesky set off 33 pipe bombs in public places all around New York City. The motive for Metesky's crime is said to be "anger and resentment about a workplace injury." However, the name of the person who planted all these bombs was unknown until his capture in 1957. "He was nicknamed the "Mad Bomber" by the public and the media" (Mehlman, 2011). In the article "Criminal Profiling: The Reality Behind the Myth," the writer talks about how in 1956 the investigators in the 'Mad Bomber' case had grown so frustrated that they ended up asking James Brussel who was a psychiatrist who helped assist in this case. Brussel studied photos and other evidence to come up …show more content…
It includes things such as age of the offender, race/ethnicity, location of offence(s), motive behind the crime, how the offender may be dressed, his/her appearance and much more. Criminal Profilers create these representations when an offender is unknown. These profiles consist of both "physical and nonphysical" information (Criminal Psychology, 2017). In the article "Criminal Profiling," it gives the example that "tying up a victim may mean a necessity for control, while stabbing the victim before sexual intercourse may mean a need for arousal from pain or blood" (Criminal Psychology, 2017). Criminal Profiling is used in an attempt to make it easier to figure out who committed the crime being investigated and why.
The process of criminal profiling can be divided into five stages. In this paragraph each of the five stages will be listed and have a basic description with them telling what they are, what they mean and how they play a role in to work of criminal profiling. The first stage is profiling inputs which includes gathering all information
An article titled "Criminal Profiling – What is Criminal Profiling?" Mentions four approaches that can be used in criminal profiling. These