Forensic profiling

Racial profiling is a way of racism, and is used against people who have different ethnicity, religion, race, and where they’re from. America is still a racial profiling country,…

Topic: Psychological Profiling General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about psychological profiling. Central Idea Statement/Thesis: I will discuss (1) what psychological profiling is, (2) the profiling of Jack the Ripper, and (3) the most important uses of psychological profiling. Introduction I. [Attention Getter] Which well-known murderer is not defined as a serial killer? (Pictures of known offenders) II. [Topic Justification] Knowing…

The iron triangle has impacted the lives of people of different race many times. The iron triangle has a great influence on government. Iron triangle has created racial profiling, however they have the power to stop racial discrimination. There are bad groups in the iron triangle that has kicked people off the plane, just because of the race they are, but there are good groups part of the iron triangle that are trying to bring racial discrimination to an end. The Iron Triangle is a big part of…

Have you ever wanted to know where you came from, or how you are made? There are websites such as Ancestry.com, Find my past.com, and a host of others. Articles such as “Relationships and Technology”, and “DNA Fingerprinting: Cracking our Genetic Barcode.” talk about online relationships, and knowing who you are DNA wise, where you come from can help you decide making life decisions. DNA means “deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material in nearly all living organisms”. DNA is now…

What makes a Serial Killer? Introduction The term serial killer refers to an individual who commits three or more premeditated murders. The term was coined by FBI profiler Robert Ressler while investigating the dastardly exploits of Theodore Robert Bundy. The American nation has been the host to 75% of all known serial killers. We have dealt with some of the most deviously brilliant minds over the years (Federal Bureau of Investigation, “Serial Murder”). The FBI started to research the minds of…

During a murder case trial, we often see both the prosecutor and attorney presenting the evidence such as DNA evidence that they have found on the crime scene and eyewitness testimony to the judge before he decided the outcome of the trial. [1] This makes us wonder about the possibility that these DNA evidence and witness testimony could be wrong and which one is more superior compared to the other in solving crime cases. I would like to discuss the value of DNA evidence vs witness Testimony in…

DNA Fingerprinting Introduction Background: DNA fingerprinting is one of the great discoveries of the late 20th century,that has revolutionized forensic investigations. (Roewer 2013) The complete DNA of each individual is unique, with the exception of identical twins. It is this difference that can be used by forensic scientists to match specimens of blood , tissue, or hair follicles to an individual with a high level of certainty. A DNA fingerprint, therefore, is a DNA pattern that has a…

so this question remains valid for more than just a handful of people. Regarding law enforcement and different races, police act in similar ways, causing police community relations to be alike among minorities and non-minorities, even if racial profiling is believed to be present. It is important that everyone reading this report is on the same…

In forensic science, there are multiple things that can point someone as a criminal. In the case of Wayne Williams and the Atlanta Child Murders, hair and fibers were used to convict Wayne Williams. A single hair can contain multiple things that can point a individual to a crime. Hair has certain characteristics that can pinpoint to whom the hair belongs to. Hair of a human will be much thinner compared to animal hair. Hair that is curly or darkly pigmented can be of a African American being.…

According to Massimo A. Bonfantini and Giampaolo Proni in their article “To Guess or Not to Guess,” abduction is commonly used in the detection of crime when solving cases and inferring hypothesizes based on evidence and imagination. Abduction is commonly defined as “identify[ing] possible causes of resulting events” through hypothesizing with observed data (Bonfantini and Proni 123). In other words, this definition means that abduction involves observing data and interpreting this data with…