Heath Grant's Profiling Web Page

A Research Agenda for Criminal Profiling: Art or Science?

Criminal profiling has been described as "the extrapolation of characteristics of criminals from information about their crimes" (Canter and Heritage, 1990); a biological sketch of behavioral patterns, trends, and tendencies (Vorpagel, 1982); and even simply as a collection of leads abiding the investigation process (Rossi, 1982).

This web site will explore the principles of criminal profiling and the debate over whether or not it is an art or science.

Enter the crime scene through the yellow tape.

A Policy Analysis Perspective on Profiling:

Emergence of the Problem
Assessment of the Problem
Decision-making
Implementation
Evaluation

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