What to Expect:

Criminal profiling may seem like a sham. In many cases, it is. However, we were surprised to learn that there are some researchers putting real science into criminal profiling to better catch criminals such as murderers. It’s nothing like you see on TV shows where the brilliant detective predicts every move and accurately identifies everything about the criminal. Instead, it is much more interesting when science is used to understand real patterns that might occur and put probabilities to the test to solve a case. Fans of true crime are especially likely to find something to enjoy in this one!

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Links for Today:

• https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/criminal (APA summary and definition of profiling and brief overview of the history)

• http://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/forensic-psychology/psychological-profiling/ (discussion article explaining the goals of categories of profiling and some overview of the research)

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201712/criminal-profiling-the-original-mind-hunters (Psychology Today article on the first instance of profiling applied to Jack the Ripper)

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201505/is-criminal-profiling-science-art-or-magic (Psychology Today article on an early instance of profiling applied to George Matesky, the “Mad Bomber” of NYC)

• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/088626000015003006 (Study comparing experts to non-experts on the accuracy of profiling)

• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1068316031000116265 (Study evaluating the quality of claims made by profilers)

• ‘https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1068316031000116274 (Study evaluating how accurately profilers rate fabricated vs real profiles)

• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/11/12/dangerous-minds (Deep dive on highly public crimes and their corresponding profiles and some of the techniques used by the profilers)

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/criminal-profiling (A few articles on the history of profiling)

• https://www.bremertonschools.org/cms/lib/WA01001541/Centricity/Domain/222/Dominique%20Profiling.pdf (Some random student’s apparent class presentation on profiling that we found)

• https://www.forensicpsychologyonline.com/building-a-criminal-profile/ (Description of building a criminal profile)

• https://www.dummies.com/education/science/forensics-profiling-the-perpetrator/ How-to on building a criminal profile)

• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/088626000015003006 (Another studying comparing experts to non-experts on criminal profiling)

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