The Dictionary of Internal Security

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English  
criminal profiling, offender profiling - noun + noun MP3
 
Definitions  
Def: the process of using available information about a crime and crime scene to compose a psychological portrait of the unknown perpetrator of the crime
Example: Six steps to criminal profiling: collecting evidence, analyzing evidence to discover patterns, using the crime scene to reconstruct the crime, creating the criminal profile, investigating suspects based on the criminal profile and apprehending the suspect
 
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Word family  
  • criminal profile, offender profile
 
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