Foreign experience of application of the method of criminal profiling

Abstract

the Problem of improving the methods, means and methods of detection and investigation of crimes is important in modern Russian law enforcement practice. One of the promising methods of crime detection is the method of criminal profiling, which is not widely used in domestic practice. The article deals with the problems of the use of the method of criminal profiling abroad. The author's team assessed the existing approaches to the psychological portrait of an unidentified criminal abroad, considered their advantages and disadvantages, considered the stages of criminal profiling. The results of the study may be of interest to researchers in the field of forensic detection and investigation of crimes, as well as employees of investigative units.