Criminal Profiling: How To Change Crime And Criminal Profiling
Sociology Presentation
Moyo Marcus
B.A LLB. Sem III A Division
Roll Number: 152
HOW TO CHANGE CRIME AND CRIMINAL PROFILING
What is criminal profiling?
Criminal profiling is the inferring of an offender's characteristics from his or her crime scene behaviour. "Criminal profiling is the development of an investigation by means of obtainable information regarding an offence and crime scene to compile a psychosomatic representation of the known architect of the crime.". For example, a profiler might try to infer a criminal's age, gender or employment history commencing from the manner he or she have performed throughout the period the crime was carried out. This practice has been referred to by names including offender profiling, …show more content…
Regardless of the documentation used in constructing the profile, a criminal profiler has a lot of information to absorb and process when trying to profile the offenders or their location. Geographical profiling is typically used to identify the likely area of an offender's residence from the location of the crime. Such an approach can be very useful in narrowing down a pool of suspects or enabling the police to prioritize an area for investigation or DNA sampling. Geographical profiling has its history in environmental criminology. The aim of environmental criminologists to identify areas where criminals were likely to offend from the locations of the offender's residence: the aim of geographical profiling is the reverse. Using the locations of an offender's crime as his or her starting point, the geographical profiler tries to predict the area in which the offender lives. Routine Activities Theory and Pattern Theory are relevant to geographical profiling. This criminals will offend in an area with which they are familiar. In …show more content…
This profile may contain detailed information regarding the offender's demographic characteristics, family characteristics, military background, education, personality characteristics, and it may also suggest to the investigator the appropriate interview/interrogation techniques to adopt.
Profiles may be classified as either prospective or retrospective.
Prospective profiling attempts to construct a set of characteristics common to a specific type of offender. These types of profiles are generally templates laid over a specific population in an attempt to predict who within that group might have an elevated potential for committing a certain type of violence.
A common problem with prospective profiles is that they become overly inclusive and dependent on stereotyping, which can result in suspicious of the wrong people while allowing actual offenders to remain free.
Retrospective profiling is an after the fact case specific attempt to define the personality and behavioral characteristics of the individuals responsible for a specific crime or series of crimes.
The process focuses on the identification and apprehension of the
Moyo Marcus
B.A LLB. Sem III A Division
Roll Number: 152
HOW TO CHANGE CRIME AND CRIMINAL PROFILING
What is criminal profiling?
Criminal profiling is the inferring of an offender's characteristics from his or her crime scene behaviour. "Criminal profiling is the development of an investigation by means of obtainable information regarding an offence and crime scene to compile a psychosomatic representation of the known architect of the crime.". For example, a profiler might try to infer a criminal's age, gender or employment history commencing from the manner he or she have performed throughout the period the crime was carried out. This practice has been referred to by names including offender profiling, …show more content…
Regardless of the documentation used in constructing the profile, a criminal profiler has a lot of information to absorb and process when trying to profile the offenders or their location. Geographical profiling is typically used to identify the likely area of an offender's residence from the location of the crime. Such an approach can be very useful in narrowing down a pool of suspects or enabling the police to prioritize an area for investigation or DNA sampling. Geographical profiling has its history in environmental criminology. The aim of environmental criminologists to identify areas where criminals were likely to offend from the locations of the offender's residence: the aim of geographical profiling is the reverse. Using the locations of an offender's crime as his or her starting point, the geographical profiler tries to predict the area in which the offender lives. Routine Activities Theory and Pattern Theory are relevant to geographical profiling. This criminals will offend in an area with which they are familiar. In …show more content…
This profile may contain detailed information regarding the offender's demographic characteristics, family characteristics, military background, education, personality characteristics, and it may also suggest to the investigator the appropriate interview/interrogation techniques to adopt.
Profiles may be classified as either prospective or retrospective.
Prospective profiling attempts to construct a set of characteristics common to a specific type of offender. These types of profiles are generally templates laid over a specific population in an attempt to predict who within that group might have an elevated potential for committing a certain type of violence.
A common problem with prospective profiles is that they become overly inclusive and dependent on stereotyping, which can result in suspicious of the wrong people while allowing actual offenders to remain free.
Retrospective profiling is an after the fact case specific attempt to define the personality and behavioral characteristics of the individuals responsible for a specific crime or series of crimes.
The process focuses on the identification and apprehension of the