CRIMINAL PROFILING
Abstract
In this article will be presented the practice of criminal profiling, an investigative approach which aims to predict the behavior of serial offenders based on behavioral evidence which can be deducted by physical evidence.
After giving the definition of criminal profiling, the focus is set on the field of application of this investigative technique, which can be identified in the variety of crimes defined as «serial», that is the succession of similar crimes perpetrated by the same individual. After that are presented the first attempts of actual criminal profiling before its effective theorization. The focus is then put on about the «first modern profiler» -John Douglas- and his pioneering studies on criminal behavior, which led, in the 80s, to the publication of the Crime Classification Manual and to the Crime Scene Analysis approach in profiling criminals.
To conclude, are presented the modern approaches to criminal profile who followed the FBI’s one and the criticalities of the practice individuated by scholars of the different fields which influences this fascinating investigation practice.
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