What is the current status of criminal profiling, according to available evidence?
a. Profilers are moderately accurate, but their mistakes can lead police astray.
b. Profilers are no more accurate than random guessing.
c. Profilers are no more accurate than an intelligent but uninformed person.
d. Profilers are fairly accurate, but psychics are more accurate.
a
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