Career options in the Police: THE INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY SECTION: WORKING WITH THE CRIMINAL MIND.

  • Published In: Servamus Community-based Safety & Security Magazine, 2023, v. 116, n. 7. P. 34 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Geldenhuys, Kotie 3 of 3

Abstract

By featuring criminal profiling as a key element of their storytelling, television series and movies such as The Blacklist, Profiler, Criminal Minds and Mind Hunters, grab people's attention. These programmes and movies portray criminal profilers as highly skilled and intuitive individuals who can get inside the minds of criminals and predict their next move. By using their knowledge of human behaviour they help law enforcement agencies to catch serial murderers and other dangerous criminals. While these shows and movies are entertaining, they remain fictional and do not always accurately portray the real-life work of people working in this field. In reality, criminal profiling is a complex and often controversial process that involves a lot of uncertainty and subjectivity. Nonetheless, these television series and movies have helped to popularise the field of criminal profiling and raise awareness of the important work that these people do to help solve crimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Servamus Community-based Safety & Security Magazine. 2023/07, Vol. 116, Issue 7, p34
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Psychology
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1015-2385
  • Accession Number:164696316
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