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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

FBI agents are profilers?

Colins dictionary: profiler - a person or device that creates a profile, esp someone with psychological training who assists police investigations by identifying the likely characteristics of the perpetrator of a particular crime

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FBI Research
In the 1970s and 1980s, several FBI agents (the celebrated profilers ) carried out
research on murderers acting repeatedly and in isolation, without any apparent
ideological motivation. They split them into two categories: organised serial killers, who
plan the execution of each crime, and disorganised serial killers, who act on impulse
and are incapable of controlling their actions (Hazelwood and Douglas, 1980). Both
groups are characterised by a total lack of remorse towards their victims, and by their
disregard for material gain: they are not seeking financial benefit, but look only to obtain
some degree of emotional satisfaction.
  

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No. Those several FBI agents from those days are the celebrated "profilers".

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  • Those several FBI agents from those days are the celebrated "profilers".
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No. Those several FBI agents from those days are the celebrated "profilers".
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Thanks. What does "profiler" mean then?
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I took the passage to imply that the name "profiler" was first used for those few FBI agents and that they were the first to be widely referred to that way.

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