tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725705909347747582.post9078425430830743249..comments2022-09-09T23:54:53.496-07:00Comments on All About Forensic Psychology: Profiling Serial Killers: Limitations of The FBI Approachmdwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17890916558446906863noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725705909347747582.post-3892353682311004522013-03-05T17:49:18.323-08:002013-03-05T17:49:18.323-08:00Interesting!Interesting!Stephen Hamernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725705909347747582.post-22054855585017120082009-09-23T15:10:28.277-07:002009-09-23T15:10:28.277-07:00What people reading this article need to realize i...What people reading this article need to realize is that; at best, these profiles that the FBI form are an educated guess. They use information in which they already have researched to form an "educated guess" about what the criminals behavior is. While profiling is a controversial issue, people need to recognize that what they due is very time consuming and very difficult to do. Like any profession you get things right and you get things wrong. This is not an area that can guaruntee a 100% satisfaction rate. These agents are human beings, not robots, and certainly not perfect; mistakes will be made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725705909347747582.post-29903946029683179442007-11-27T10:10:00.000-08:002007-11-27T10:10:00.000-08:00Perhaps, the FBI has created its own limitation by...Perhaps, the FBI has created its own limitation by using poor sampling (studying only 36 serial killers with demographic similarities). Which would explain why most serial killers are described as white males in the age range of ____.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725705909347747582.post-45883294622235137612007-11-05T05:03:00.000-08:002007-11-05T05:03:00.000-08:00South Africa has the scary distinction of being ri...South Africa has the scary distinction of being right at the top of the heap with the USA and Russia when it comes to serial killers. But in South Africa, mot of our killers are black, conditions are very different and the FBI model doesn't quite work.<BR/><BR/>Micki Pistorius who has a doctorate in psychology, spent six years as a profiler with the South African Police Service. As head of their investigative psychology unit, she was involved in more than thirty serial killer cases and participated in the training of nearly two hundred detectives in the investigation of serial homicides. Catch Me A Killer and Strangers on the Street are two of her books about serial homicide in South Africaprotocolinpracticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682730316463857754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725705909347747582.post-83211417923735495912007-03-23T02:31:00.000-07:002007-03-23T02:31:00.000-07:00It occurs that the FBI method is simplistic, as th...It occurs that the FBI method is simplistic, as the psychological landscape changes,with media and tech, what is required is a more radical interpretation of crime scene and violence-maybe view it in the same metaphoric way that we view art-the parallels are clear. Or is it just me?<BR/>Czkolyk@hotmail.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com