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LadeeSarah
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Posted: Tue Nov 14th, 2006 04:41 am |
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Dear Lt.
Training in criminal profiling, has been controlled by the FBI, and most graduate programs in forensic psychology do not offer specialized courses on this topic. The only persons who have been eligible for training by the FBI are law-enforcement officers.
There are only a few dozen or few profilers in the USA. The vast majority of people who do profiling in the USA did not do graduate work in psychology, rather they have advanced through the ranks of the FBI, starting out as field agents or perhaps went through police academy training. There is only one current FBI profiler who has a Ph.D. in psychology, he is a profiler because of his extensive FBI work experience, not because he has a Ph.D.
I found it rather interesting that in Great Britain, many of the profiler's are psychologists.
Naturally, the classification and capture of criminals is a fascinating career.
My question is, if crime (statistically) is expected to rise, will there be a need to hire more criminal profiler's and if so, will the criminal profiler again advance through the ranks of the FBI? Do you foresee a change or shift where, other than law enforcement training, higher education will also be needed.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16th, 2006 06:22 am |
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I don't see the correlation between a rise in crime and the hiring of more profilers. However, practically speaking, someone who begins to specialize in law enforcement usually finds their career advancement at a dead-end. Generalists in law enforcement tend to advance in rank whereas specialist, who have developed a talent usually based on a passion, tend to stay where they are.
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LadeeSarah
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Posted: Thu Nov 16th, 2006 09:49 am |
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Lt.,
Again, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions via this forum.
Sarah
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