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Colonel	Criminal profiling actually is not a job. There was a criminal profiling unit that began in the 1970's for the FBI but they stopped training many years ago and most people trained as profilers are retired. There are course titles for the career you want but any professor who knows what they are talking about will tell you that criminal profiling can be useful but that THERE IS NO JOB CALLED "CRIMINAL PROFILER." There just isn't. I thought it would be cool to do the same thing and when I obtained my degree in criminology, I learned that it wasn't even a real job. With that said, though, I think you should get a criminology degree and not a sociology degree. There are many great institutions that have these programs. John Jay is where I'm going for my masters and they have a great criminal justice program. I got my undergrad degree at Seattle University and got an amazing education. The University of Washington has a great sociology program where you can specialize in Deviance and Social Control, and they have a few top criminology researchers teaching the classes there. In short, you can take classes in criminal profiling, but you cannot be a "criminal profiler." It's just not a real job. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

drdr	Criminal profiling analyzes crimes after they occur, attempts to link crimes of serial offenders, provides inferences of offender characteristics from behavioral evidence analysis (deductive inferences) and/or attempts to statistically associate common traits of offenders who commit specific crimes in specific ways (inductive inferences). The Secret Service (DHS) does some profiling of those responsible for threats to protectees, has done some work on attempting to profile school shooters, and conducts threat analysis regarding major public events. Some police departments employ profilers, some of whom have been trained by the FBI. The FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) consists of four sections: Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU)-1, Threat Assessment (Counterterrorism); BAU-2, Crimes Against Adults; BAU-3, Crimes Against Children; and, the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP). ViCAP collects information on violent crime voluntarily submitted by police agencies, and attempts to link crimes committed in different jurisdictions. Out of about 12,000 active FBI special agents, less than 200 special agents are assigned as NCAVC Field Coordinators. They are selected based on experience, they receive training on how to prepare case files for presentation to the BAU, and must serve for a period under the supervision of a certified profiler (or criminal investigative analyst) from the BAU From this pool of about 200 agents, some are selected to become Supervisory Special Agent profilers assigned to the BAU. The BAU requires two years of training prior to certification as an investigative profiler. The BAU dealing with adult criminals consists of 8 profilers. Getting hired is the first hurdle, and it is a major hurdle. A good GPA (above 3.5 is a plus), testing, physical fitness, work experience, possibly a polygraph, ability to communicate orally and in writing, and graduate degrees are what determine who gets hired. And, there are always many more applicants than there are positions. If one wanted to become a profiler, they should obtain investigative experience (which would be required before even being considered), forensic science training, and/or forensic psychological education (preferably a graduate degree). There are self-proclaimed profilers, due to the lack of generally recognizable professional criteria. "Criminal Profiler Pat Brown" frequently appears on television to provide her "expert" opinion; however, her published work seems to indicate that her process is more intuition than empiricism. Federal agencies and most police agencies employ analysts whose work is somewhat analogous to profiling, but these positions are few in number and not easily obtained. Some universities offer programs in intelligence analysis. Sources of information are: http://www.corpus-delicti.com/ http://www.profiling.org/ Alison, L. (Ed.). (2005). The forensic psychologist’s casebook: Psychological profiling and criminal investigation. Portland, OR: Willan. Canter, D.V. (2000). Criminal shadows: The inner narratives of evil. Irving, TX: Authorlink Press. Douglas, J. E., Burgess, A. W., Burgess, A. G., & Ressler, R. K. (Eds.). (2006). Crime classification manual: A standard system for investigating and classifying violent crimes (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Josey-Bass. Holmes, R. M., & Holmes, S. T. (2009). Profiling violent crimes: An investigative tool (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Turvey, B. E. (2008). Criminal profiling: An introduction to behavioral evidence analysis (3rd ed.). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Dave87gn	You can get a sociology degree with a criminology concentration thats what I did Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No