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a careful examination of physical evidence, victimology and all known facts of the crime to infer offender characteristics using the scientific method
'''Profiling''' is a technique used in [[law enforcement]] to help narrow the field of potential [[criminal]] suspects. Investigators compile a list of characteristics (a "profile") likely to be descriptive of a crime's perpetrator, and then alter the focus of an investigation accordingly. A simple example of profiling would be [[airport]] security personnel looking for nervous individuals wearing bulky clothes and subjecting them to more thorough searches, since people who carry dangerous devices are more likely to fit that description. However, profiling can be extended to include complex information about behaviors, tendencies, and psychological characteristics in addition to physical identifiers.
'''Profiling''' is a technique used in [[law enforcement]] to help narrow the field of potential [[criminal]] suspects. Investigators compile a list of characteristics (a "profile") likely to be descriptive of a crime's perpetrator, and then alter the focus of an investigation accordingly. A simple example of profiling would be [[airport]] security personnel looking for nervous individuals wearing bulky clothes and subjecting them to more thorough searches, since people who carry dangerous devices are more likely to fit that description. However, profiling can be extended to include complex information about behaviors, tendencies, and psychological characteristics in addition to physical identifiers.
* Brent Turvey defines criminal profiling as a careful examination of physical evidence, victimology and all known facts of the crime to infer offender characteristics using the [[scientific method]]. [http://deductivecriminalprofiling.com/]
== Mental Profiling ==
== Mental Profiling ==