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Criminal Profiling
My husband loves to watch the History and Discovery Channel's on our television. Many times the shows give you information about things you may never have known about before. Many times the shows are not only entertaining, they are educational. We often spent hours in front of the television when we have nothing better to do, learning about the way things used to be and how some things work. One of the most interesting things I have seen recently was a show about criminal profiling. It made me realize my powers of observation are not what they should be.
There are those who do criminal profiling for a living. These people do a remarkable job of figuring out what type of personality and what type of person may be committing a certain crime. There are many different kinds of crimes that require criminal profiling, but one of the most common is murder. Some of the most famous types of killers, such as serial killers, have been caught because of good profiling and good witness recall. I am afraid if I were the witness to a crime I would not be of much help. When you are a witness to a crime, it is important to recall every detail you possibly can, however, many times people can not do this because of the fear factor. When humans are scared they often focus on strange things, and sometimes not the things they need to.
Many times good criminal profiling begins with a good witness. This means those that witnessed the crime must be able to give some sort description to the profiler. This description should be physical. The physical description is not the only thing that goes into criminal profiling however, you must also consider how the crime was committed, and if there have been other similar crimes that may be related. If there have been similar crimes in the area with a similar MO (modus operandi), then you can try to tie the crimes together.
Criminal profiling is more to do with how the criminal operates rather than what they look like, though both pieces of information are very important. Many times good criminal profiling can narrow down gender, habits, any many personality traits that may otherwise be unknown. Many times after a criminal is caught much of the credit can go towards good criminal profiling. It is not an exact science, but most of the time it is more useful than you may think. It is also usually surprisingly accurate.
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