Criminal Profiling

 Criminal Profiling

History of Criminal Profiling

The actual use of technique is in the early of middle ages (476 AD - 1000 AD) person who enquire write of about the profiling. there after in 19th century in Scotland  also uses such method.

the first offender profile was created by detectives of the metropolitan police on the personality of Jack the Ripper, as serial killer who had murdered a series of prostitutes in the 1880. police surgeon, Thomas Bond was asked to give his opinion on the extent of the murderer's  surgical skill and knowledge. the information was gathered over the verification of victim and postmortem note of murder. it this case Dr. Bond mentions the sexual nature of the offender with the elements of apparent misogyny and rage and interpreted the behavior pattern and included in the profiling also verify the signature personality traits of the offender. such accused have physical strength and great coolness and daring with subject to periodic attack of homicide and erotic mania. as affected with satyriasis as uncontrolled sexual desire.

there after in 1912 psychologist in Lackawanna, New York delivered a lecture in analyzed an unknown criminal who suspected have murder of a local boy named Joey Joseph. over the evidence of the post card the profiling was found succeed to arrest the culprit. then in 1950 the coding framework first developed to evaluate profiles was based on Toulmin's Work in the 1950.

The technique of Criminal Profiling has been used in early middle age of 476AD to 1000AD but there after actual use and writing was started after the 19th century. the country like Scotland also used the method of criminal profiling by the detective of metropolitan police for accused Jack the Ripper as known of serial killer of prostitutes in the 1880, the police surgeon Thomas Bond was given his opinion about the murder's skill and knowledge, verification of victim and postmortem report. Thomas Bond understand the nature of the offender who indulged in such type of immoral activity, physical strength, great coolness in nature and with such profiling he arrested the accused successfully. there after in 1912 psychologist Lockawana  New York delivered a lecture on How to analyze an unknown criminal about a story of suspected boy Joy Joseph and in this case through the evidence of post card as major evidence of the case the profile made on such one of the evidence and successes to arrest the offender. thereafter in 1950 coding framework firstly started about criminal profiling.

Introduction

Criminal Profiling is the analysis of a person's psychological and behavioral characteristics, so as to assess whether they are likely to have committed a crime under Investigation.

such method use to reduce heinous series of offences and to curb them even offender is unknown to everyone.

• its tool of investigation used by law enforcement mechanism
• its just like facebook profile of person
• use to identify the suspect
• use to predict future offence
• use to protect the subject of the victim
• its crime evaluation system
• use to catch the offender during next offence 
• its systematic process to about crime evaluation
• such technique use in series of crime only
• all suspected and evidence based information will have include in profiling
• through profiling to understand suspected age, sex, nature, motive, mentality, mental abnormality.
• what type crime involve robbery, murder, rape, mass killing, particular injury.
• who is victim old age person, child, young women, school going children, business man, home alone etc.
• understated crime on particular date, time and place, method of crime.
• information gather through crime scene evaluation, use of weapon, crime technique or method, victim injury, victim's information, eye witness, CCTV camera.
• all details creates Criminal Profiling.
• through such data investigation starts.
• if all perdition, evidences and date properly includes its easy to detect the offender during his next offence.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Criminal Profiling

Advantages of Criminal Profiling

• it brings investigation into motion.
• less information but useful for investigation
• easy to provide protection to victim
• its useful for heinous and serious nature series of offences.
• profiling provides characteristics of the offender to help for investigation.
• no physical information required to evaluation of crime.
• it predict future consequences like next victim, pattern of crime, timing of crime repetition.
• to know mental and physical traits
• cultural or religious beliefs
• Intelligence quotient (IQ)

Disadvantages of Criminal Profiling

• profile has its own limitations
• profiling information is based assumptions only.
• it relay on crime scene fact not on actual fact and background
• profile creator add his own beliefs and presumptions
• profiling used for only consistency of crime not for single offence
• false information distract investigation.
• profile not always succeed.
• criminal profile not work long.
• criminal profile not for single offence.