Turns out, Criminal Profiling is Bullsh*t!

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[villageidiot111]

We talked about this in my first year psychology class. They hope that someday profilers will be worthwhile, but at the moment they are pretty much worthless.

 

[PokerGuy]

Originally posted by: villageidiot111
We talked about this in my first year psychology class. They hope that someday profilers will be worthwhile, but at the moment they are pretty much worthless.

I don't know about that, most cops and feds find it extremely valuable in helping them solve cases. I don't care if it's a placebo effect or not, if they find it a valuable tool then that's a good thing. Also, researchers simply don't have access to all the profiles created over the years along with the subsequent perp to do a meaningful analysis of profiling itself.

 

[Anubis]

can i get cliffs on that, dont feel like reading 7 pages

 

[Greenman]

Look at where the information is coming from, is it a big surprise the conclusions fit the agenda of the source? Profiling works, it's used every day all across the US.

 

[Jeff7]

Even if it doesn't work, that won't stop people from using it. The yellowcake uranium bit wasn't at all accurate, but facts aren't always an issue with certain people.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: Greenman
Look at where the information is coming from, is it a big surprise the conclusions fit the agenda of the source? Profiling works, it's used every day all across the US.

You're going to try to discredit a study by using an ad hominem? Then you can continue on to justify your claim by directly contradicting what the study found without any proof of your own?

 

[mugs]

Question - what does this have to do with political correctness or the New Yorker's (implied liberal) agenda? If this was about racial profiling, I could see where you're coming from. But this isn't racial profiling. I don't think there's anything offensive about criminal profiling.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Anubis
can i get cliffs on that, dont feel like reading 7 pages

cliffs? police profiling = astrology with a uniform

http://www.npr.org/templates/s...y.php?storyId=16117564
streaming of the interview on that site with malcolm gladwell and a former fbi agent.

fbi dude not happy of course, he wont let go of it since i guess its difficult to believe your whole career was based on a lie.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: mugs
Question - what does this have to do with political correctness or the New Yorker's (implied liberal) agenda? If this was about racial profiling, I could see where you're coming from. But this isn't racial profiling. I don't think there's anything offensive about criminal profiling.

oh i brought it up since the term profiling these days is more closely associated with racial profiling than hunting serial killers and such.