Offender Profiling: The Top-Down Approach
Offender Profiling
Investigative tool employed by the police when solving crimes.
Main aim is to narrow the field of enquiry and the list of likely suspects.
In high profile murder cases, professional profilers will be called.
Methods vary, but usually involve careful scrutiny of the crime scene and analysis of the
evidence to generate hypothesis about the probable characteristics of the offender.
The American approach
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Offender Profiling
Investigative tool employed by the police when solving crimes.
Main aim is to narrow the field of enquiry and the list of likely suspects.
In high profile murder cases, professional profilers will be called.
Methods vary, but usually involve careful scrutiny of the crime scene and analysis of the
evidence to generate hypothesis about the probable characteristics of the offender.
The American approach
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