“You claim that you know who killed three people. And why? . . . All you mean is that you have a hunch.” “I will not quarrel with you over a word . . . Come now, Inspector. I know -- really know . . . I will perceive you are still sceptic. But first let me say this: To be sure means that when the right solution is reached, everything falls into place. You perceive that in no other way could things have happened” (Douglas 402). The ability to solve a crime by describing the perpetrator is a skill that most expert investigative profilers have. Evidence speaks its own language of patters and sequences that can reveal the offender’s behavioral characteristics. To determine the various languages and sequences experts must examine all the available information to the crime such as the crime scene, victim, witnesses, photographs, etc. The profiling inputs stage starts the analysis of
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The background check needs to cover “domestic setting, employment, reputation, habits, fears, physical condition, personality, criminal history, family relationships, hobbies and social conduct” (Douglas 406). Forensic information pertaining to the crime in now becoming very critical in the profiling process. This information contains the autopsy report with the toxicology/serology results. Autopsy photographs, and photographs of the cleaned wounds need to also be collected. The most crucial part of the report is the medical examiner’s findings and impressions regarding time and cause of death, type of weapon and when each wound was inflicted. The expert studies all the background and evidence information, as well as all the initial police reports. The data and photographs reveal significant elements such as the level of risk the victim is, what emotional state the offender was in, the degree of control exhibited by the offender, and how sophisticated the criminal might
The background check needs to cover “domestic setting, employment, reputation, habits, fears, physical condition, personality, criminal history, family relationships, hobbies and social conduct” (Douglas 406). Forensic information pertaining to the crime in now becoming very critical in the profiling process. This information contains the autopsy report with the toxicology/serology results. Autopsy photographs, and photographs of the cleaned wounds need to also be collected. The most crucial part of the report is the medical examiner’s findings and impressions regarding time and cause of death, type of weapon and when each wound was inflicted. The expert studies all the background and evidence information, as well as all the initial police reports. The data and photographs reveal significant elements such as the level of risk the victim is, what emotional state the offender was in, the degree of control exhibited by the offender, and how sophisticated the criminal might