Module 5 - Criminal Profiling
Lesson 2 - The Use of Criminal Profiling in Homicide Investigations
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 In 2004, the homicide rate in Canada was 2.0 per 100 000 people or approximately 650 homicides per year. This rate has remained fairly stable for the past decade, and it is similar to homicide rates in most of the countries in the western world, with the exception of the U.S. that has almost triple the number. Murder is the most serious and heinous of all crimes; mass murders are of particular concern to the public and police. Law enforcement agencies use numerous investigative techniques to apprehend murderers. Criminal profiling has become a useful and invaluable technique employed by police. “Evil is unspectacular and always human,and shares our bed and eats at our own table."                                                                   - W.H. Auden |
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Flash Point
- The lowest temperature at which the vapour of a combustible liquid can be made to ignite momentarily in air
After studying Lesson 2, you should be able to…
- compare the traits of an organized offender with those of an disorganized offender
- identify a given criminal suspect(s) as being an organized, disorganized, or combination offender
- describe the contents of a criminal profile report and explain the characteristics included in the report
- analyze or create a criminal profile of a criminal suspect from a mock crime scene