Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 3

Criminal Profiling: The reality behind the myth

  • Author:
  • U.B. Roychodhury*,, S. Basak, B. Sukul, M. Pal
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Sep 1, 2009
  • Page Number: 99 to 103

*Dept. of Forensic and State Medicine, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata

**Dept. of Forensic and State Medicine, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata

***Dept. of Pathology, Midnapore Medical College, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

*For Correspondance U.B.Roychowdhury, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Forensic and State Medicine, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, 244, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata-700 020 e-mail id: udayfsm@gmail.com

Abstract

In contemporary criminology, with the advent of Criminal Profiling, criminal investigative procedure has changed dramatically. Various theories and methodologies of criminal profiling have been proposed e.g., FBI's Crime Scene Analysis, Brent Turvey's Behavioral Evidence Analysis, Canter's Profiling Technique etc. It is certain that in near future, Criminal Profiling will play a decisive role in modern criminal investigation.

Keywords

Criminal profiling, Crime, Behaviour, Victim