Arresting the Gaps in Criminal Profiling Literature

The use of criminal profiling as an investigative tool has been increasing over the past 50 years worldwide. Originally used to assist police investigations, this technique transitioned into an essential process as an admissible form of expert witness evidence (Kocsis & Palermo, 2016). The validity of the concept has been evolving along the 50 year timeline as well (Kocsis, Middledorp, & Karpin, 2008). The purpose of this study is to synthesize the research about criminal profiling, interview environments and procedures, and psychological variables (e.g. personality traits/disorders). This will provide new insight to criminal profiling through connecting ideas and finding the gaps in the literature.