Criminal Profiling

ATF behavioral profilers are assigned to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU).

Supports bombing investigations

• Behavioral profilers offer their services to law enforcement or fire services in the United States and worldwide.
   

Supports arson investigations

Supports the identification, arrest and prosecution of offenders

• Behavioral profilers analyze the behavior of the offender.
   

Crime analysis

• Link serial crimes, identify crime-scene behavior through analysis and interpretation.

Profiling

• Develop the behavioral, personality, and biographical characteristics of an unknown offender.

Investigative strategy

• Use behavioral science principles to suggest investigative techniques in unsolved crimes.

Interview techniques

• Develop interview strategies to motivate a specific individual to cooperate or confess.