Profiling

• Misperception that FBI is involved early on – PR machine, media attention
• Can be a useful tool among many others
• John Douglas of FBI sometimes gets credit for it, but he did not invent it
• FBI rarely investigates homicides because they are usually violations of state laws
• Early 1970s – Behavioral Sciences Unit of FBI
  - Molaney did first profile on kidnapping of Stacey Yeuger
  - Teton and his group of fellow agents aided in the conception as well
• Also has been called applied criminology, psychological profiling, crime scene analysis, criminal profiling, criminal personality profiling, criminal investigative analysis, crime scene assessment, etc.

Crime Scene Assessment

· Locating physical evidence

· Determining solvability factors

· Signature and MO analysis

· Interviewing procedures

· Offender profiling (looking for clues from the crime scene, looking for clues from victimology (what is the victim like???))

Offender Profiling

Profile characteristics of the unknown offender:

Sex

Age

Race

Marital status

Intelligence

Education, scholastic achievement

Lifestyle

Family, socialization environment

Social adjustment

Number of offenders

Personality

Demeanor

Appearance and grooming

Emotional adjustment

Evidence of mental problems

Employment history

Work habits

Residence proximity to the crime

SES

Relationship to victims

Signature

MO

Sexual adjustment

Organized/disorganized crime scene

Prior criminal history

Apparent motive

Likelihood of insertion into investigation

Phases of Murder (antecedent behavior, murder act, body disposal, post-offense behavior)