Criminal Profiling

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Course Overview Through The Eyes of a Student As kids when we are asked what we want to do when we are older; we gave the purest basic answer whether was is a Police officer, doctor, lawyer, etc. Now that we have grown we have noticed that the variety of fields in which they all take place is much more than just a Doctor and a lawyer. One of the fields of criminal justice is profiling which was new to me coming into this course this quarter. I did not really know what profiling was until this course. Pursuing a career in profiling seems difficult, interesting and stressful but something I would like to look more into. This class, like all classes, I expect to learn something that will help me in the real world and I can benefit from in my …show more content…

Coming into this course I did not really know what to expect besides the fact that I had already had Dr. Haynes prior to this class probably on of the reason why I choice the class. My first thoughts were mind reading or a Sherlock Holms type of why which is not so far fetch. Criminal profiling seems like a hard job from what I have seen in the videos of class and the discussions we have had. It takes a lot of observation, a lot of prior knowledge of criminals and such. The job also requires a lot of patience and discipline to solve the case from the evidence left behind and not jump to conclusions. Criminal profiling also entails the study of a lot of psychological behavior and thoughts through the eyes of the criminal. Criminal profiling is a very important aspect to an investigation it’s something all departments should have and all recruits should be involved in this type pf study. Profiling offers support in areas in which most people miss. In our book ,Criminal Profiling, in chapter 4 it goes into detail on wat a profiler looks for at a crime scene and outside the crime scene such as data and crime scene analysis . The way criminal profiling assists an ongoing investigation is by guiding the investigators towards the right direction which in some cases are

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