Offender profiling
Law enforcement investigative technique
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| 2021 | A research article highlighted that out of 243 criminal cases studied, approximately 188 were solved with the assistance of criminal profiling, demonstrating the technique's potential effectiveness in law enforcement investigations. |
| 2020 | Criminal profiler accuracy estimated to have improved to 86%. |
| 2019 | The FBI successfully solved 56% of previously unsolved cases from 2008 using criminal profiling. |
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