Criminal Profiling is an involved procedure that looks at a variety of factors in order to create a report of the behaviors the offender may potentially exhibit. The process happens in a series of stages: the first stage named the ‘Profiling Input Stage’ is when significant case materials are studied in order to become familiar with the crime, this can include, police and medical reports, crime scene descriptions, victim’s background, and forensic information. The ‘Decision Making Stage’ is the section where the acquired information is sorted in order to reveal important behavioral patterns along with analyzing the victim risk, offender risk, escalation, and time and location which is significant because ”various time elements in criminal conduct
