What is Criminal Investigative Analysis?

Criminal investigative analysis, also known as criminal profiling, is a technique used by law enforcement agencies to identify the characteristics of an unknown criminal offender based on data collected in the course of the investigation as well as evidence left at the crime scene. The technique has been used since the 19th century1, but it gained popularity in the 1970s after the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) started using it to solve high-profile cases. According to the …

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