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Perfil Criminal
Alejandra Hernández
Programa Graduado
Ciencias Forenses
Francis Santiago M.A
Monografía Final

Perfil Criminal y Asesinos en Serie
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Definición. El siguiente es un trabajo dirigido a explicar la función del Perfil Criminal (Criminal Profiling) en casos de asesinos en serie. El mismo cumple con la función de describir qué es el Perfil Criminal y su aplicación en la investigación forense de forma tal que ayude al esclarecimiento de casos específicamente en el asesinato serial. El Perfil Criminal se define como un intento educativo y científico de proveer a las agencias investigativas información sobre el tipo de persona que cometió un crimen determinado. Esta información esta basada en la evidencia física o de comportamiento, (Petherick, 2005).
Método. Actualmente el Perfil Criminal utiliza cinco métodos: Evaluaciones Diagnósticas (Diagnostic Evaluations, DE). Análisis Investigativo Criminal (Criminal Investigative Analysis, CIA). Psicología Investigativa (Investigative Psychology, IP). Perfil Geográfico (Geografic Profiling, “Geoprofiling”). Evidencia de comportamiento (Behavioral Evidence Análisis, BEA)
Historia. La comprensión de porque un criminal escogió un lugar, arma, victima especifica para cometer su delito ha sido el propósito de realizar Perfiles del Criminal. Los orígenes de esta practica se sitúa para principios de 1800’s, donde antropólogos criminalistas intentaron relacionar la psicología con las características físicas del criminal. La aplicación de esto como disciplina en el FBI se forma en el 1974, con la implantación de la Unidad de Ciencias de Comportamiento “Behavioral Sciences Unit” (unidad de perfiles). A través de los años el Perfil Criminal ha ayudado en casos relacionados con, secuestradores de aviones, asesinos en serie, violadores, traficantes de drogas, asesinatos, terroristas, bombas, asesinos en masa, “gangeros” acosadores y/o violadores de niños, ladrones de

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