147 | Criminal Profiling

Why We Do What We Do · Mar 11, 2020 · 45m

Authority has long tried to narrow the pool of suspects in a crime. Eventually, police turned to psychologists to help understand the person so that they could be more easily discovered. This opened the door for all kinds of wild speculation that was about as useful as a psychic (really, they compared profilers to psychics in the research). But some pioneering researchers are starting to use science and statistics to bring some clarity to profiling in a way that has already proved to be much more effective than the wild west of speculationville. You can reach us directly at 775.525.0908, at…