Concept information
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white-collar and corporate crime
criminology and justice
investigation techniques
forensic science
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mental health, mental disorders, and special groups
antisocial behavior
violence
motives for violence
Preferred term
profiling
Definition
- Profiling is a relatively new investigative technique that, in the past 30 years, has developed from what used to be described as an art to a rigorous science based on advanced empirical research. Results from the first wave of research have shown that there is validity to the idea that aspects of an offender's characteristics may be inferred from the way the offender acts at the crime scene. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Profiling]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/profiling
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