Criminal Profiling...Legal or Psychological Approach?

       I used to think that criminal profiling was when detectives look at the work of a criminal and make an idea of what they think they would be like but theres so much more to it. While researching I stumbled upon this article and it explained the different approaches to criminal profiling. It analyzed the different factors both detectives and psychologists take into account when profiling a criminal. It also explained certain signs meant the difference of interpretations provided by detectives and/or psychologists. The reason this article was so important is because I felt it gave criminal profiling a sense of  depth and reality more than what I had before I read this article. It also made me more sure of what I want to do and that is the most important part :)