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Criminal profiling from crime scene analysis
Author(s) -
Douglas John E.,
Ressler Robert K.,
Burgess Ann W.,
Hartman Carol R.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370040405
Subject(s) - apprehension , offender profiling , crime scene , profiling (computer programming) , criminal investigation , criminal history , psychology , poison control , personality , criminology , computer science , social psychology , medicine , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , medical emergency , bayesian network , operating system
Since the 1970s, investigative profilers at the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (now part of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime) have been assisting local, state, and federal agencies in narrowing investigations by providing criminal personality profiles. An attempt is now being made to describe this criminal‐profile‐generating process. A series of five overlapping stages lead to the sixth stage, or the goal of apprehension of the offender: (1) profiling inputs, (2) decision‐process models, (3) crime assessment, (4) the criminal profile, (5) investigation, and (6) apprehension. Two key feedback filters in the process are: (a) achieving congruence with the evidence, with decision models, and with investigation recommendations, and (b) the addition of new evidence.