Forensic profiling

Sheridan College and was thinking about the Criminal Justice because I was leaning towards being an attorney. I declared my major as Criminal Justice. I started learning a lot about the Criminal Justice field and became very intrigued with Criminal Profiling. I like thinking about a crime and wondering why and who might have committed the crime. I would like to be able to help people through my…

Criminal Profiling is a technique whereby the probable characteristics of a criminal offender or offenders are predicted based on the behaviors exhibited in the commission of a crime. The job of a criminal profiler is very crucial in homicide cases. It helps the law enforcement to find and arrest the killer by knowing little details that determine possible suspects for the crime. Criminal profilers investigating serial killers have always tried to formulate some idea of the characteristics of…

To begin, this discussion is based off the research paper written by Craig Bennell that studies the importance and utility of offender profiling. Some researchers have argued that profiles are often so ambiguous that they can fit a large number of suspects. This decreases its usefulness as a prioritization tool. It is also possible that investigators may also creatively reinterpret the statements the statements of offender profiles in order to make them fit a number of different suspects.…

first area of profiling discussed in the book is crime scene profiling. Crime scene profiling is using evidence from the scene of a crime to put together a profile of a suspect based on behavioral and cognitive patterns, motive, and psychological qualities as well. Although crime scene profiling doesn’t usually lead directly to a suspect, it does help form a reasonable assumption for who they may be looking for. The next area discussed is Geographic profiling. Geographic profiling is an…

many people think of profiling as a technique to catch criminals. Yes, this is true; in this show the agents’ use profiling skills and tactics to determined an individuals mindset in order to catch criminals. However, criminal profiling is not the only type of profiling used by law enforcement personnel. There are a few different types of ways one can profile someone, it can be based on their ethnicity or race, nationality or even religion. Much of the time these types of profiling are used in…

traits of offenders. Criminal profiling also known as criminal investigative analysis (CIA) is an investigative process that examines the offender’s crime to identify major personalities and behavioral characteristics (Turvey, 2011). Although these investigators are specialists and have numerous training to become subject matter experts, the opinions can differ depending on the profiler. There have been studies done that showed the unreliability of criminal profiling and how opinions can…

Profiling for Law Enforcement Seeing and predicting the future is something that has always been intriguing for human beings. Many people admire Sherlock Holmes for his uncanny ability to solve crimes with an almost all knowing, future seeing, and super-human ability. While Sherlock Holmes may be a fictional character, the principles of applying the process of elimination to scenarios are very real indeed. Profiling is a word that brings controversy in today’s society, but it can be used very…

A psychological profile is an instrument that can help detectives depict an ideology of the sort of culprit they are looking for. The advancement of psychological profiling started in the Federal Bureau of Investigation amid the 1960s in order to comprehend violent criminal conduct. The first documented serial killers go back to the Roman Empire when matrons were said to have poisoned men using a deadly ring. There is a complete lack of evidence that everything happens for a reason in terms of…

deterrence from violence, focused on addressing the social aspects of violence preventions. Such administrations emphasize psychological profiling and monitoring of students as supreme methods to ensure…

Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case is a case that dramatically influenced forensic science. On the night of February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin a 17 year old high school student was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, The United States. Gorge Zimmerman, who was a 28 year old man of mixed race (Hispanic) was the coordinator for a neighborhood watch for the gated community where Trayvon Martin was living temporarily (Gray 2012). The 17 year old Trayvon Martin was unarmed during…