Comparing the images relevant to the reliability and expectation of offender profiling

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  • 犯罪者プロファイリングの信頼や期待に関するイメージ比較
  • ハンザイシャ プロファイリング ノ シンライ ヤ キタイ ニ カンスル イメージ ヒカク

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<p>Offender profiling (OP) has been romanticized in the media. The purpose of this study is to investigate the image of OP amongst common people and the effect of this image on the expectation and reliability of OP. The results of a questionnaire survey on the image of OP among profilers, police officers, and common people showed that the expectation and reliability of OP was the lowest among common people between the three groups. The exploratory factor analysis identified three factors that represent understanding regarding OP: understandings regarding the ability of OP, science of OP, and its relation to the existing investigative strategies. After constructing a hypothetical model assuming the relation between the three factors of understanding and the expectation/reliability of OP, the model was evaluated with multiple group structural equation modeling. The significant differences in the three factors between the profilers and other groups suggested that police officers and common people evaluated the expectation and reliability of OP with incorrect knowledge. Improvement in the expectation and reliability of OP based on the suggested effects of the three factors was discussed.</p>

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