Criminal Profiling White Paper
Ali Wiethe
University of Dayton According to Kocsis (2010), criminal profiling is defined as “A forensic technique which seeks to provide investigative agencies with specific information which will help focus attention to individuals with personality traits that parallel traits of other perpetrators who have committed similar other offenses.” Through this definition, it is believed that profiling will help law enforcement officers pursue and interview suspects, because they can narrow in on the right suspects and use interviewing tips for the “type” of suspect being questioned. As a relatively new aspect of criminal investigation, criminal profiling has required several studies in which the accuracy …show more content…
There are several factors that play into the accuracy and validity of criminal profiling which can be attributed to, but not limited to, the …show more content…
Based on this study, these results do not support the role of investigative experience as the key to effective profiling but also, the trends among the police groups seem to be opposite of what would be expected. This study finds little evidence to support the hypothesis that investigative experience is the essential skill for effective psychological profiling. This study is good because it provides research that shows criminal profiling is still in its infancy. There have been previous studies that looked at the accuracy of criminal profiling, another one done by Kocsis, Irwin, Hayes, & Nunn (2000), and it was found that university biology students also performed better than police detectives, which supports the results of this study. The researchers found that their expectations were wrong and maybe with appropriate training on top of maintaining a university degree, profilers could maintain more qualified characteristics. In this way, profilers would have more exposure and practice in the field of profiling, which would make them better equipped with the necessary knowledge to perform
Ali Wiethe
University of Dayton According to Kocsis (2010), criminal profiling is defined as “A forensic technique which seeks to provide investigative agencies with specific information which will help focus attention to individuals with personality traits that parallel traits of other perpetrators who have committed similar other offenses.” Through this definition, it is believed that profiling will help law enforcement officers pursue and interview suspects, because they can narrow in on the right suspects and use interviewing tips for the “type” of suspect being questioned. As a relatively new aspect of criminal investigation, criminal profiling has required several studies in which the accuracy …show more content…
There are several factors that play into the accuracy and validity of criminal profiling which can be attributed to, but not limited to, the …show more content…
Based on this study, these results do not support the role of investigative experience as the key to effective profiling but also, the trends among the police groups seem to be opposite of what would be expected. This study finds little evidence to support the hypothesis that investigative experience is the essential skill for effective psychological profiling. This study is good because it provides research that shows criminal profiling is still in its infancy. There have been previous studies that looked at the accuracy of criminal profiling, another one done by Kocsis, Irwin, Hayes, & Nunn (2000), and it was found that university biology students also performed better than police detectives, which supports the results of this study. The researchers found that their expectations were wrong and maybe with appropriate training on top of maintaining a university degree, profilers could maintain more qualified characteristics. In this way, profilers would have more exposure and practice in the field of profiling, which would make them better equipped with the necessary knowledge to perform