Based on your understanding of criminal profiling from your text, would you recommend that your local crime enforcement office
A) use criminal profiling.
B) be cautious about drawing many conclusions from a criminal profile.
C) use demographic information, but not personality profiles.
D) use personality profiles, but not demographic information.
Rationale: Unfortunately for investigators, there is little evidence that profiles can help solve crimes. The correlations between most personality traits and criminal behavior tend to be quite weak.
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