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Define Criminal Profiling: Criminal profiling consists of analyzing a crime scene and using the information to determine the identity of the perpetrator. While this doesn't directly give you the perpetrator's name, it is very helpful in narrowing down suspects. (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~mlyount/MySites/ForensicPsychology/CriminalProfiling.html)

Wayne Williams: task force included the FBI Douglas and Hazlewood - one likely fact, dealing with a black male: someone who could go through the environment without drawing a lot of attention to himself they looked for patterns of behavior and background profile would not solve the case by itself, the cops will solve the case what type of area did the offender feel comfortable abducting/leaving the children FBI agents issues their profile 3 weeks later they found hair that linked all of the murders together the next group of murders will be found near the water all of the new victims, like the previous 19, had been strangled FBI agents began studying their background - he was exactly how the profilers had assumed he would be kids still thought williams was a police officer because he carried a badge he grew up with his school teacher parents placed Williams under tight surveillance police got a search warrant to search his house positive match of hair and clothing fibers to 12 of the murder victims the profiler said that one week from today williams is going to fake an illness predicted that williams would take the stand in his own defense - he was right ^ third day on the stand, the profiler said to touch williams and to whisper "what was it like when you wrapped your fingers around the boys throats?" williams was found guilty and sentenced for 2 life terms

Criminal profiling really helped to solve this case in the fact that the criminal profilers were completely dead on in their assessment of the criminal. They looked for patterns of behavior and background information about the suspect that helped them figure out what he would do next. The profilers said that the man was a black male who portrayed himself as a police officer, even though he wasn't one. And the profilers were exactly correct. The children who Williams was abducting thought that he was a real police officer because he had a badge. Also, the criminal profiler was able to cross examine Williams in court, which was good because they got Williams to confess. Because the profiler knew what Williams hated, and what would make him the most nervous, he was able to get Williams to confess that he had indeed killed two of the children.