After reading this chapter you will be able to:

• Discuss crime scene profiling, geographical profiling, and psycholinguistics as forms of behavioral analysis.
• Discuss the process of crime scene profiling, including the types of crimes for which profiling is most suitable and the goals associated with crime scene profiling.
• Discuss the importance and usefulness of the distinction between organized and disorganized offenders and crime scenes.
• Differentiate between MO and signature, and between trophies and souvenirs.
• Discuss how characteristics of the victim may reveal information about the offender.
• Discuss staging, its meaning, and its drawbacks as an investigative clue.
• Identify and discuss the premise and assumptions of geographical profiling as well as its limitations.
• Define psycholinguistics as an investigative tool.
• Describe the various forms of crime analysis and how they can be used as tools in criminal investigations.
• Discuss the purpose of ViCAP, explain how it works, and identify its major limitations.