This article described what Forensic Psychology is and what it is used for. Forensic Psychology is used to study criminals and in turn is then called criminal profiling. Criminal profiling is very important in the fact that criminal pofilerers are responsible for developing psycholgical profiles of offenders based on the crime scene. A criminal profile is then used by enforcement to assist in the apprehension of the offender. The article also mentions how the criminal can be labeled as disorganized, organized or a combination of the two. Criminals who are organized thed to be the people you least expect because they often live with a partner and are socially adept. A stressful situtaion is usually the trigger. Criminals who are disorganized tend to kill of the fly. Meaning they don't have a preferance of who they kill or harm, they will take whoever they can. Usually because it helps detach themselves from the crime; making it easier to commit. A criminal profile is just an outline and is not set in stone. I really enjoyed reading this article because I am a big fan of the tv series Criminal Minds, which is a show about criminal profiling. It's really interesting how certain things that people do can tell you so much about them. To be a criminal profiler you must be able to pay really close attention to detail and be good at finding patterns. That is basically what a criminal profile is based off of; patterns. I always thought it would be really fun to be a forensic psycholgist, but I don't think I could deal with seeing crime scenes on a daily basis. It would be fun to work for the FBI though!
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