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Criminal Profiling

Criminal Profiling is a forensic investigative technique that belongs to the broader category of behavioral analysis, distinguished by its systematic inference of an offender’s personality characteristics, behavioral tendencies, and demographic features from crime scene evidence and patterns of criminal behavior.

796

Publications

38.5K

Citations

1.6K

Authors

659

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

115

Variants

Criminal Investigative AnalysisOffender Profiling

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Children

Publications

796

Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 836 citations

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Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Racial Discrimination: A Field Experiment*

Amanda Agan, Sonja B. Starr · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2017 · 564 citations

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Black Criminal Stereotypes and Racial Profiling

Kelly Welch · Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice · 2007 · 475 citations

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Age and the Distribution of Crime

Darrell Steffensmeier, Emilie Andersen Allan, Miles D. Harer et al. · American Journal of Sociology · 1989 · 384 citations

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On Exploring the "Dark Figure" of Crime

Albert D. Biderman, Albert J. Reiss · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · 1967 · 357 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.6K

  1. RN
    Richard N. Kocsis

    University of New England, Australia

    23 publications · 1K citations

    17

    h-index

  2. DC
    David Canter

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

    13

    h-index

  3. ÉB
    Éric Beauregard

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    11 publications · 725 citations

    11

    h-index

  4. CB
    Craig Bennell

    Carleton University, Canada

    11 publications · 441 citations

    10

    h-index

  5. BS
    Brent Snook

    Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

    11 publications · 518 citations

    10

    h-index

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Institutions

659

  1. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    46 publications

    4K citations

  2. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    933 citations

  3. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

    New York, United States

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    444 citations

  4. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    657 citations

  5. University of New England

    Armidale, Australia

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    16 publications

    515 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    712 citations

  8. University of Huddersfield

    Huddersfield, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    501 citations

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Venues

  1. Criminal Justice and Behavior

    32 publications · 2.2K citations

    24

    h-index

  2. 19

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  3. 18

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  4. Journal of Criminal Justice

    20 publications · 945 citations

    16

    h-index

  5. Behavioral Sciences & the Law

    14 publications · 957 citations

    14

    h-index

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