Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 15

 


Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 15

A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES

SECOND EDITION

 

Profiling is, in fact, a form of retro classification, or classification that works backward. Typically, we classify a known entity into a discrete cate- gory, based on presenting characteristics that translate into criteria for assignment to that category. In the case of homicide investigation, we have neither the entity (for example, the offender) nor the victim. It is thus necessary to rely on the only source of information that typically is available: the crime scene. This information is used to profile, or classify, an individual. In essence, we are forced to bootstrap, using crime-scene-related data, to make classifications. This bootstrapping process is referred to as profiling. There have been no systematic efforts to validate these profile-derived classifications.

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