FBI Criminal Profiler

Duties and Responsibilities: A criminal profiler makes inferences about the physical, habitual, emotional, psychological, and even vocational characteristics of criminals. They create a psychological profile of a criminal suspect which they use to help catch the suspect. Their duties include:

·       Examining evidence from the crime

·       Interviewing witnesses and victims

·       Analyzing crime scenes

·       Conduct research and write reports on patterns of criminal behavior

·       Working on older and unsolved cases

·       Visiting crime scenes

·       Give expert testimony in court regarding the case

Salary: $105,000 - $155,000 per year

Education: A dual degree in psychology and criminal justice, gain job experience working in law enforcement, ideally as an investigator, a master’s degree in forensic psychology or behavioral sciences

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Reflection: Do you think you would you like to be one? Why? Why not?

I would really like to be one because I like everything that they do in your job and it has interested me for years. The show Criminal Minds gives me a really good idea of how their job is and although it’s a lot of work and hours you put to it, it’s still one of the jobs that I would love to do. I want to be able to help catch all those bad people who hurt others.