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A 3 page research paper that examines what several news articles have to say about the methods and credibility of three criminal profilers, Park Dietz, Kim Rossmo and Greg McCrary. The writer evaluates Rossmo and McCrary as experts in their field, but argues that there was insufficient data in the news article pertaining to Dietz to reach any sort of conclusion. No Bibliography is provided.
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consultant and forensic psychiatrist, understand the criminal mind. For example, he explains the behavior of "spree killer" Casa Casuarina, who went on a rampage of murder covering four states (Headden
and Kulman). Dietz argues that whatever point the killer is trying to make is, in his or her own mind, more significant than the lives that these killers take (Headden
and Kulman). Once they are captured, their main concern is that they were the "best" killers, according to Dietz (Headden and Kulman). Kim Rossmo Kim Rossmo, director of research
with the Politic Foundation in Washington, DC, is one of the nations leading geographic profilers of criminal behavior (Ren). According to Rossmo, there are certain sections of Seattle, Washington where
there is a registered sex offender living in every square mile. According to Rossmo, a rapist or serial killer will probably not strike unless the criminal sees his victim first
(Ren). Therefore, Rossmo recommends taking the simple precaution of lowering or closing ones blinds as a safety precaution. Rossmo stressed that geographic profiling can only help police narrow the number
of suspects and it cannot provide definitive identification of criminals responsible for specific offenses. Rossmo states, "Geographic profiling cannot solve crimes...(but) it can prioritize the suspects for detectives" (Ren). Rossmo
has formulated a computer program that analyzes crime locations and statistical information about criminal behavior in order to help discern the residential location of criminals (Ren). The disagreement that
Rossmo is having with the Vancouver Police Department is indicative of the problems inherent in geographic profiling. The Vancouver police feel that the disappearance of 31 prostitutes from Vancouvers eastside
over the course of two decades has nothing to do with a serial killer because no bodies have ever been located (Yearwood). Rossmo, however, is certain that a serial killer
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