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Criminal Profiling Jennifer De La Fuente Grand Canyon University Jus- 445 Titus, Alfred The History of Criminal Profiling

In criminal profiling, the goal is to identify people who commit serious crimes and identify their perpetrators. Experts in this field have undergone a prominent level of training to accomplish their tasks. The professionals behind profiling are not only experts in behavioral analysis but also in statistical probability so that they can work alongside forensic teams and other law enforcement officials in apprehending suspects. The criminal justice, forensic sciences, and crime analysis fields are all specialized areas of law enforcement that offer certificates and degrees for officers who are interested in specialized careers. Criminal profiling and its role in law enforcement has been used in law enforcement since the late 19th century (What is Criminal Profiling and Its Role in Law Enforcement? | UCF Online, n.d). It was in those days, when the only reliable sources of information were witness testimony and conclusions derived from crime scenes and victims, that law enforcement relied heavily on. Profiling is used when? Most of the time, profilers have been used to investigate low- volume crimes, such as rapes that have been reported by strangers and crimes that appear as though there is no apparent motive. Oftentimes, the responsible parties in these sorts of cases are likely to demonstrate psychopathologies such as psychopathy, schizoid reasoning, and sadness. This is a manifestation of guilt. Keeping in mind the findings of these studies, the punishment must be designed in such a way that criminals can reliably follow through with their violations in addition to other aspects of their lives. The likelihood is that the profiler would be counseled at separate phases of the examination, but not all of them may be administered at the same time (Snook, Gendreau, Bennell & Taylor, 2008). Profilers: who are they? There is no minimum list of people who are eligible to qualify as a profiler, which I find to be shocking and shocking at the same time. A profiler is a professional who is engaged in the act of writing a criminal profile based on information obtained from the victim. Some people believe profiles should be done by lone individuals with extensive analytical experience, but others do not believe profiles should be composed by individuals who identify themselves as such. There have been some attempts made to control and authorize Criminal Investigators profilers, but these attempts have not succeeded. However, despite its promising benefits, criminal profiling does not come without its limitations, as we cannot be guaranteed to be able to predict human behavior with any great degree of accuracy. An arrangement has been proposed in the past, and each of these

arrangements was performed in the hope that it would be effective in catching criminals, but it could also miss the truth in some cases. Criminal profiling, however, has been proven to be useful in detecting and resolving numerous crimes around the world and finding obscure suspects. Short (2014) argues that the merits of this practice will depend on how we assess its upsides and downsides based on our viewpoints, and that determining whether this practice is an ideal mental science will be based on assessing the upsides and downsides. Residents within proximity report that they are more concerned about threats posed by outsiders than they are about the crimes committed by their friends and acquaintances. Relationships with the offender do not have any influence on theft, but they are important to keep in mind when an offender rapes or sexually assaults a stranger and a relationship between the offender and the victim is involved (Drakulich, 2015). A majority of the public does not trust the police, usually because they believe that they are not trustworthy. They would prefer to close their doors quietly, not say anything, and simply move on, especially when the crime has already taken place. There is nothing more wrong with drugs and guns than with any other deal that goes wrong, and there is not much you can do about it. There is always an air of fear in small neighborhoods in the city, they do not want to be the next victims; for this reason, interacting with law enforcement may make them feel as if they have betrayed their own family, otherwise, they might become the victims themselves. As an informant, you will be able to lend a hand without getting involved in illegal activities, but sometimes this can also backfire if you are finding out too much about it. To create a criminal profile, different types of data are collected and analyzed to learn more about an unknown offender's characteristics, behavior, and motivations. This process can be made more efficient with the use of different types of data. These are some of the most considered types of data Crime scene are characteristics, Victimology, Behavioral evidence, and Forensic evidence. References: Drakulich, K. M. (2015). Strangers, Acquaintances, and Victims: Victimization and Concern About Crime Among Women. Sociological Forum, 30(1), 103 – 126. Retrieved from

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https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=a9h&AN=101300815&site=eds-live&scope=site Snook, B., Gendreau, P., Bennell, C., & Taylor, P. J. (2008). Criminal Profiling. (Cover story). Skeptic, 14(2), 42 – 47. Retrieved from https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login? url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=33778169&site= ehostlive&scope=site What is Criminal Profiling and It is Role in Law Enforcement? | UCF Online. (n.d.). UCF Online. https://www.ucf.edu/online/criminal-justice/news/what-is-criminal-profiling-and- what-is-its-role-in-law-enforcement/

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