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Article: Criminal profiling: the FBI uses criminal investigative analysis to solve crimes.
- Article from:
- Corrections Today
- Article date:
- February 1, 1999
- Author:
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Violent crime scenes tell a story - a story written by the offender, the victim and the unique circumstances of their interactions. Behavioral clues" left at a crime scene can provide insights not only into the rime itself, but also into the type of person responsible for the crime, his or her motivation, lifestyle, fantasies, victim selection process, and pre- and post-offense behavior.(1)
Criminal profiling is a process now known in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as criminal investigative analysis. Profilers, or criminal investigative analysts, are highly trained and experienced law enforcement officers who study every behavioral aspect and detail of ...