Explain the historical evolution of practices used to identify perpetrators, and demonstrate how such practices have evolved over time.

project Type:Essay Skills:CriminologyAcademic level:Graduate

Number of pages:

3 (825 words)SOS: Increase number of pages

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double spaced

Number of sources:3Style:APALanguage:English(U.S.)Topic: The Historical Evolution of Criminal ProfilingDescription:

In an essay of no less than 750 words, explain the historical evolution of practices used to identify perpetrators, and demonstrate how such practices have evolved over time.

For example, discuss such topics as blood-libeling and the Malleus Maleficarum. What is faith-based profiling? Were these effective ways of identifiyng perpetrators? What were they based on? What was the Spanish Inquisition and how were suspects identified then? How were witches profiled during the Salem Witch Trials? Was that effective? What is ciminology? Who was Lombroso and what did he contribute to the field? Who was Arthur Conan Doyle? What did he contribute to the field? What were the Whitechapel Murders? Who investigated them? How did that case contribute to the field? Who was George Metesky? Who was Dr. James Brussels? What did that case contribute to the field of study? What fields combine in Behavioral Evidence Analysis? Who was Howard Teten? What did he contribute to the field?