Jordan and Cristina are intrigued by the mysterious person who assaulted people with falling chairs. They each have some ideas about the case, but they're not in agreement about the best way to think about the case and solve it. Jordan likes a more creative, brainstorming approach to creating a profile. Cristina doesn't feel comfortable straying from facts and hard data. In the scenario below, you will need to consider these questions as you read:

How do law enforcement officers use profiling techniques to generate theories about offenders?
Which characteristics of offenders do profiles rely upon?
What are some of the models for profiling that law enforcement use?

Jordan and Cristina are intrigued by the mysterious person who assaulted people with falling chairs. They each have some ideas about the case, but they're not in agreement about the best way to think about the case and solve it. Jordan likes a more creative, brainstorming approach to creating a profile. Cristina doesn't feel comfortable straying from facts and hard data.

How do law enforcement officers use profiling techniques to generate theories about offenders?

They will use the offenders past crimes committed as a clue to what the new possible crime they might have committed was.

Which characteristics of offenders do profiles rely upon?

The types of crimes they commit or the special clues they leave behind.

What are some of the models for profiling that law enforcement use?

Law enforcement officers will use stereotypes in profiling suspects.

37 i just had the same problem

no i don't think so.