The Wall of Science - Psychological Criminal Profiling

Explore psychological criminal profiling in this 35-minute talk by Dr. Joseph De Ladurantey. Delve into the principles of behavioral consistency and homogeneity in offender profiling. Learn about the assumptions made when determining a suspect's mental, emotional, and personality traits based on crime scene evidence. Discover the concept of behavioral consistency, which suggests similarities in an offender's crimes, and homology, which proposes that similar crimes are committed by comparable criminals. Examine various aspects of forensic science, including guiding principles, wrong methods, technical science, public policy, and human factors. Gain insights into the challenges of bad science, utility factors, and cutoffs in criminal profiling. Analyze a case study to understand the practical application of these concepts in real-world scenarios.