BF2S Forums Criminal Profiling....does it work?

How about this:
almost all criminal profilers have a degree in psychology, which means it would not make all that much sense as to how it works to someone unless they have psychology or are naturally extremely perceptive. 
What they do is they examine how the criminal did the murder, with what weapons, where the wound was inflicted, where the body was dumped, the way anything may have been arranged around or moved around the body, etc, and they attempt to make a profile off of that.  Humans as a whole are not very hard to predict, because almost everyone experiences the same emotions and reactions to those emotions.  These provide the basic foundation of the profile.  What emotions the criminal may have been feeling, and why. 
You then compare the murder to previous murders in the past that were similar, unsolved or not.  With this information they can compile a basic report on the criminal, his emotional state, some possibilities as to his past, and a couple other things

I'd imagine there is a bit more, but i think thats most of it


edit: to sum it up, it does work, it works fairly well actually
the problem is, people may be very predictable but at the same time they are unpredictable sometimes, and sometimes people deliberately screw with them.  So its along the lines of profiles can help solve a case, but they cannot be used as condemning evidence...

Last edited by Blehm98 (2006-12-31 12:09:55)

ahh, that kind of profiling

that would of course retain much the same roll.  Profiling criminals would help us to learn more about new criminals, and help us to keep track of old criminals and any crime rings they may be involved in