Criminal Profiling-The reality behind the hype(from ShortCutsTv)

Criminal (or Offender) Profile is an area that’s currently capturing the public imagination once more in TV shows like Mindhunter and Criminal Minds.
But what’s the reality behind the hype?
This film introduces students to a range of ideas and issues, from defining different types of criminal profiling, through outlining what profilers do,Both FBI method and more recently Investigative psychology to perhaps the most important question of all: Does profiling work?
The film features contributions from leading contemporary UK profilers and psychologists - including Professors David Wilson and Craig Jackson - and uses a number of famous British and American case studies and examine different approaches to Criminal Profiling.
Produced by ShortCutsTv