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CRIMINAL PROFILING [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-01-26
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Criminal Psychology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- criminal profile
1, record 1, English, criminal%20profile
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Geographic profiling has become an essential part of the criminal investigation process. The following sequence... stipulates how geographic profiling fits into the investigation process : 1) Occurrence of a crime series; 2) Traditional investigative techniques; 3) Linkage analysis; 4) Criminal profile; 5) Geographic profiling; and 6) New investigative strategies. 1, record 1, English, - criminal%20profile
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Psychologie criminelle
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- profil du criminel
1, record 1, French, profil%20du%20criminel
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le profilage géographique prend son sens comme partie prenante d'un processus d'enquête criminelle. La séquence suivante [...] précise de quelle façon le profilage géographique s'insère à l'intérieur d'un processus d'enquête : 1) Occurrence d'une série de crimes; 2) Utilisation de techniques d'enquête traditionnelles; 3) Analyse des liens[;] 4) Mise au point d'un profil du criminel; 5) Utilisation du profilage géographique et 6) Utilisation de nouvelles stratégies d'enquête. 2, record 1, French, - profil%20du%20criminel
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - external organization data 2014-07-30
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Universal entry(ies) Record 2
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Criminal Investigative Analyst
1, record 2, English, Criminal%20Investigative%20Analyst
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
003105: Royal Canadian Mounted Police job code. 1, record 2, English, - Criminal%20Investigative%20Analyst
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The member is responsible for : providing criminal investigative analysis services(criminal profiling) to the Canadian police community, coordinating and marketing the Criminal Investigative Analysis Program, and providing research and development for the Criminal Investigative Analysis Program. 1, record 2, English, - Criminal%20Investigative%20Analyst
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 2
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- analyste des enquêtes criminelles
1, record 2, French, analyste%20des%20enqu%C3%AAtes%20criminelles
masculine and feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
003105 : code d'emploi de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada. 1, record 2, French, - analyste%20des%20enqu%C3%AAtes%20criminelles
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Le membre remplit les fonctions suivantes : fournir des services d'analyse des enquêtes criminelles à la collectivité policière canadienne; coordonner et promouvoir le programme d'analyse des enquêtes criminelles; assurer des services de recherche et de développement pour le programme d'analyse des enquêtes criminelles. 1, record 2, French, - analyste%20des%20enqu%C3%AAtes%20criminelles
Record 2, Key term(s)
- enquêtes criminelles - analyste
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2011-10-27
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Criminology
- Police
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- profiling
1, record 3, English, profiling
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- criminal profiling 2, record 3, English, criminal%20profiling
correct
- offender profiling 3, record 3, English, offender%20profiling
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Constructing an outline or "profile" of a person’s or an offender’s individual characteristics. 3, record 3, English, - profiling
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The BSU [i. e. the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit] has pioneered a system of criminal investigation known as Profiling, [which draws] on a combination of field experience and psychiatric knowledge to develop a loose but directed description of a possible killer. Each serial killer has an idiosyncratic pattern, a systematic way of going about the selection, pursuit, killing and disposal of his victims. Each of his victims will show characteristic damage, or be placed in a ritual manner, or taken from a social group, such as prostitutes or nurses or hitchhikers, having special significance to the killer. No two are exactly alike, but serial killers in general conform to a limited number of types. 2, record 3, English, - profiling
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
It can take the details of an individual case and tell you whether it fits, in a general way, into the pattern of similar crimes. 2, record 3, English, - profiling
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
DNA profiling, psychological profiling, etc. 3, record 3, English, - profiling
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Criminologie
- Police
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- profilage
1, record 3, French, profilage
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- profil psychologique 1, record 3, French, profil%20psychologique
correct, specific
- physionomie mentale 1, record 3, French, physionomie%20mentale
correct, specific
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Esquisse psychologique, etc. d'un individu. 1, record 3, French, - profilage
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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