Criminal Profiling
Psychological Profiling
Involves investigating the offender’s
Behavior
Motives
Background
As a guide for what direction the
Investigation needs to go.
Psychological Profiling
Used to analyze the criminal's habits and
rituals.
Investigators can link similarities between
previous crimes.
Psychological Profiling
When public assistance is needed for the
investigation
 Details
may be released to the public
 Others may recognized some or all of
the:
profile characteristics
Friends
 Neighbors
 Co-workers
 Family
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Psychological Profiling
Inductive Profiling
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When a criminal commits a crime
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The background and motive will be similar to
others who have committed a similar crime.
Used to draw conclusion
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A particular crime or criminal
Based on other crimes and criminals with
similar elements.
Psychological Profiling
Deductive Profiling
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Tries to avoid generalizations
Suspects are analyzed in great detail
Modify findings in which new evidence surfaces.
Profile is established using the offender's actions
before, during and after committing the crime.
Also known as behavioral evidence analysis
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Pieces the evidence together
Investigators can reconstruct the behavior of the
offender
Evidence can be analyzed to classify the criminal
Offender Profiling
Offender profiling has four phases
Antecedent
Method and manner
Body disposal
Post-offense behavior
Antecedent
What plan did the offender have in place
before the act?
What triggered the murderer to act some
days and not others?
Method and manner
What type of victim(s) did the murderer
select?
What was the method and manner of
murder?
Shooting
Stabbing
Strangulation
Other
Body Disposal
Did the crime and body disposal take place
all at one scene?
Multiple scenes?
Post-Offense Behavior
Is the murderer trying to inject himself into
the investigation?
By:
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Reacting to media reports
Contacting investigators