Explain the concern with the term PROFILING. Include two flaws in modern profiling that were discussed in the text
What will be an ideal response?
• Profiling is a broad term used to cover a wide variety of activities.
• There is no universally accepted "method" of profiling.
• Flaw: Profiling is unregulated, so virtually anyone can call themselves profilers.
• The most respected profilers are those associated with government agencies or respected research facilities; they may refer to themselves as behavioral analysts.
• Flaw: Much profiling is based on hunches rather than on research data.
• Flaw: If police rely too heavily on a profiler's predictions, they may be led astray from finding the real perpetrator.
• Media participate in glorifying profiling, without emphasizing its shortcomings.
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The ______ should be conducted to determine possible evidence present at the scene
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word