Offender profiling

Latin phrase

suspecting, targeting or discriminating against someone due to ethnicity, religion, or nationality, rather than on individual suspicion or evidence

investigative tool used by law enforcement agencies to identify likely suspects and analyze patterns that may predict future offenses and/or victims

FBI agent (1937–2013)

American criminal profiler

subfield of anthropology

British surgeon (1841–1901)

South African criminologist

German criminologist (1880–1939)

psychologist

racial profiling of runners of color

former FBI criminal profiler and criminologist

study of trace evidence in criminal investigations