(Holmes and Holmes 4)"
Like any other processes, systems, and/or methodologies, there are several ones involved also in criminal profiling. The two basic ones are criminal investigative analysis and behavioral evidence analysis. The former "employs the psychological typologies to organize information and construct a profile. The premise holds that elements of the crime scene represent the offender's personality and approach aims to provide the most likely characteristics, both personality and demographic, possessed by the unknown offender for the police investigation. (Young 15)." On the other hand, "behavioral evidence analysis also follows the belief that crime scene characteristics provide information about the offender, and uses a deductive, rather than inductive, approach (Young 17)." There are often conflicts as to which approach is better; however, the answer to this is usually dependent on the situation of crime on hand. Consequently, like any good criminal profiler, the type of analysis use should not be limited but rather comprise of several methods that are complementary to each other and prove crime theories without any question or doubt. Using multi-faceted approach to criminal profiling ensures that no stone has been left unturned in order to guarantee that solving violent crimes will stand to the highest scrutiny and validation.
Application of criminal profiling methods is done to types of behavior associated with organized and disorganized criminal...
An organized act is one that has been meticulous planned and conceived from beginning to end. The organized offender is then responsible for a planned crime, with elements of control and forensic awareness, and is considered to be intelligent and socially stable (Young 11). In contrast, a disorganized criminal act is often unplanned and spontaneous. The disorganized offender is then one who lacks control, taking advantage of the opportunity for crime, and leaves a scene that appears random but contains more personal identification evidence than that of the organized offender (Young 11-12). Both organized and disorganized criminal acts pose different challenges to the criminal profiler but nonetheless; when proper criminal profiling processes, procedures, and methodologies are applied, there is a high chance of solving violent crimes as a result of the rigors and details of the science and art of this very important criminal investigative system.
Bibliography:
Holmes, Ronald M. And Stephen T. Holmes. Profiling Violent Crimes: An investigative Tool. 3rd. ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 2002. Print.
Muller, Damon A. "Criminal Profiling: Real Science or Just Wishful Thinking?" Homicide Studies 4.3 (2000): 234-264. Web. 12 Sep. 2011. .
Young, Theresa M., "Profiling Pros and Cons: An Evaluation of Contemporary Criminal Profiling Methods.." Honors Junior/Senior Projects: Paper 40. 28 Apr. 2006. Web. 12 Sep. 2011. .
