In law, criminal profiling is used to determine and identify likely suspects and analyze their patterns to predict future offenses or victims. Profiling is one of the important tools used by the government to help in curbing the spread of criminal activities in a region. One of the most popular cases in the history that used this tool is the David Richard (son of Sam) case. David Richard is an American serial killer convicted of a series of shooting attacks in New York. Son of Sam as he is popularly known killed six victims and wounded seven others in the summer of 1977. This essay will attempt to provide the information that was used to profile his case.
David Richard was originally born as Richard David Falco to a businessman by the name Joseph Kleinman and a waitress by the name of Betty Broder. However, David did not get the chance to grow up in the presence of his biological parents as he was given up for adoption shortly after birth. He was adopted by Nathan and Pearl Berkowitz, and that was the moment that he was renamed to David Richard Berkowitz. According to his father, David is a Caucasian male who was well groomed, muscular and who stood 5’8’’
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David was nicknamed .44 caliber killer due to the fact that he carried most of his killings using a .44 Charter Arms Bulldog revolver. Moreover, according to the survivors, David was mostly interested in single women who were alone at the time of the attack, and mostly they would have shoulder –length dark hair and tended to be of college age. Moreover, David also portrayed a behavioral pattern of surprising his victims as he shot them with his gun. Although he loathed the way the media and the police portrayed him, he secretly liked his popularity as he terrorized New York and the surrounding cities. The information sent to the police is correct and can be relied on to help predict his next victim and criminal