Pros And Cons Of Profiling

Misfit or monster? serial killers, although uncommon, have been around since the beginning of time, even if they didn't have a name. Robert Ressler came up with the phrase "serial killer" to get rid of the title of "stranger killings' ' and to show how repetitive killers are. Over the years profiling has been used to catch these killers, as they have been leaving patterns. It was used as an investigative tool in the 1960s when James A. Brussel helped New York police catch the "Mad Bomber" where profiling made its first appearance. Recently, law enforcement agencies have returned to using profiling, even if the definition of a serial killer has never been made specific. Since then many methods of profiling have been put in play. Von Krafft-Ebing's book is still used as the basis of modern criminal profiling. This old book “ Psychopathia sexualis” describes different characteristics of serial killers. Since then profiling has expanded but how has it been modified? Profiling has been around

The first way of achieving this would be to find a fixed definition for a serial killer as the definition changes from county to county. The fixed definition should be flexible enough to include various types of people who become killers. The motivation of profiling should also change to identifying killers instead of accusing them. People are always evolving and coming up with new ways to kill, therefore new methods and new ideas should be studied for serial killers, regardless of gender. These new names and methods should not hinder investigation but simply help identify who they are dealing with. Another way to fix the problem of using basic methods is to limit profiling as a way of convicting a killer, it may be used to help but it should be used as a way of