Requirements for Criminal Profiling...Myth busted..!

 



Describe what you see above without injecting race,age,gender and dress


While Law Enforcement agencies are not allowed to profile based on race alone it is included in all criminal profiling that is taught in all Criminal Justice courses...there is know way to get around it, it is part of the process to identify potential offenders. For those who rant and rave against race,gender,age and radical religious and gang dress I must ask you...do you have a better way to distinguish what the offender looks like..I am all ears feel free to explain!
ie: Criminal profilers are experts who analyze a crime scene or the M.O. (modus operandi or method of operations) of a criminal in hopes of coming up with a profile. This profile is meant to be used by law enforcement officials to narrow down their search for suspects based upon age, gender, race and sometimes specific details, such as background, education and physical features.

Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd Discusses FBI’s Push to Legitimize Racial Profiling

On July 3, 2008 the Associated Press reported that the United States Justice Department was considering adoption of new rules that would allow the FBI to investigate persons without any probable cause of wrongdoing. FBI officials said that being able to target for selective investigation Muslims, Arabs and other racial and ethnic groups that fit a “terrorist profile” would enable the agency to fulfill a post 9/11 Congressional mandate to “root out” terrorists before they strike.
The Bush administration has consistently issued statements that it does not support the targeting of racial or ethnic groups for selective investigation. The proposed new Justice Department rules, however, would allow the FBI to consider both race and ethnicity among the factors that, according to AP, “could trigger a national security investigation.”
The FBI informed AP that under its existing rules the agency must have either specific evidence or probable cause to believe a crime has been committed before it can initiate an investigation against United States citizens or legal residents. The new rules under consideration would greatly expand the agency’s police powers allowing FBI agents to begin preliminary terrorism investigations based on mined public records or general intelligence data to put together individual behavioral profiles deemed suspicious. Some of the factors the FBI would consider in developing these profiles would include but not be limited to:

• Individuals traveling to regions known for terrorist activity;
• Access to weapons or military training; and
• The individual’s race or ethnicity.

“We don’t know what we don’t know, and the object is to cut down on that,” one anonymous FBI official told the AP in defense of the proposed rule changes.

The proposed FBI rule changes are part of an updating of U.S. Justice Department policies officially known as “Attorney General Guidelines.” Senior FBI, Justice Department, and U.S. intelligence officials believe the new FBI rules would assist the FBI’s transition from what AP called a “traditional crime-fighting agency to one whose top mission is to protect America from terrorist attacks.”

Behavioral Science

The Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) was established at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, in 1972. It’s vision? To inspire excellence and leadership in the applied behavioral sciences for the FBI and its partners in order to further the FBI’s strategic priorities.
Since then, the BSU has pioneered the development of different tactics, techniques, and procedures adopted as industry standards in behavior-based programs supporting its clients within the law enforcement, intelligence, and military communities.
Behavioral science is concerned with gaining a better understanding of human behavior. The BSU focuses specifically on criminal human behavior in an attempt to better understand criminals—who they are, how they think, why they do what they do—as a means to help solve crimes and prevent criminal activity. The BSU’s team of professionals at the FBI Academy provides cutting edge training, high-impact research, and consultation in the behavioral sciences in support of the FBI’s mission and the work of the broader law enforcement and intelligence communities.
The BSU staffSupervisory special agents and veteran police officers with advanced degrees in the behavioral science disciplines of psychology, criminology, sociology, and conflict resolution. The BSU also includes a criminologist, clinical psychologists, research/crime analysts, and program management analysts.
Who the BSU instructsSpecialized, behavior-based training for FBI National Academy students, new agents, intelligence analysts, the FBI workforce, and Citizens’ Academies, as well as for domestic and international field schools for the criminal justice, intelligence, and military communities.
What the BSU teachesInstruction on various topics related to the application of behavioral science for law enforcement operations, including: behavioral science for law enforcement; applied criminology; bio-psycho social aspects of criminal behavior; conflict and crisis management/communication; futuristics in law enforcement; youth violence; management of death investigations; psycho-social behavior and mindset of gangs; stress management in law enforcement; cyber criminals; and interpersonal violence. For new agents, the BSU provides basic instruction on personality traits, behavioral characteristics, and conflict resolution to help better understand themselves and the action of others.