LS372 Lecture 1: LS 372-LECTURE 1/2
13 Feb 2017
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Profiling can broadly be defined as a technique that identifies behavioural, cognitive, emotional and demographic characteristics of known and unknown individuals based on clues gleaned from a wide range of information. That includes but is not limited to data bases, documents, published research. Problem: always outliers or individuals that act different. Provides reliable national id to 1. 2 billion resonance. Mon wanted a martyr, christian male, body found was ritualistic markings, blood loss within jewish community, accusation that jews used blood of christians in religious rituals in prep for passover. 2 monks were hired by catholic church to find interrogate and eradicate witches: the 1800s: hans gross. Criminal investigations of practical textbook for police officers and lawyers. Book where the word criminalist is coined. Figured out modus operandi and how that can help solve a crime. Very significant as a modern voice for criminology. Which indicated that killer had sophisticated knowledge of human anatomy.
