0 the practice of trying to discover the likely character, behaviour, and interests of a violent criminal based on evidence collected from the place where a crime was committed:
The FBI's psychological profiling team have been called in to build up a picture of the killer's motives.
Many large organizations use computerized psychological profiling tests.
Psychological profiling, although practiced by the CIA and other intelligence agencies, only gets you so far.
Psychological profiling is big business these days. Any senior police officer can reel off the characteristics of a gang leader or successful mafia boss.
Teachers use psychological profiling to help spot children who are most likely to get into trouble
She found out soon after joining MI5, that psychological profiling had marked her out as a maverick.
