Essay On Criminal Profiling

The following paper explores the process of criminal profiling, as well as its effectiveness in solving investigations. Offender profiling, which is also known as criminal profiling, is used during investigation by agencies in the law-enforcement field to identify suspects as well as analyze specific patterns that could potentially predict future criminal acts as well as victims. This process not only helps to potentially warn individuals of a particular trait or quality that an offender is looking for but also predict where an offender could strict in an effort to obtain a new victim. Profiles can be requested by different departments in an effort to help them solve cases within their own jurisdiction. This paper goes on to explore the different types of profiles, the process in which a profile is developed, as well as how effective a profile is to an investigation and apprehending a suspect.
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Law-enforcement & Criminal Profiling:
The Effects of Criminal Profiling on
Profiling allows individuals to take information that is collect from crime scene over a period of time to not only predict the offenders victim type but also who the offender can potentially be. The process of profiling can also be very time consuming, but in the end is very effect within its line of work. Criminal profiling should be used more in law-enforcement, it has been show to produce positive results. Although many do not believe in this kind of policing, many departments request of the help of the FBI in order to have these profiles developed. That is why, when I hopefully one day have the opportunity to be able to work for the FBI, I will be able to learn the skills that are needed to develop an effective profile and help the other departments in