CRIMINAL PROFILING IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION: APPLICATION AS AN INVESTIGATIVE METHOD AND EVIDENCE

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.5584122403042

• Palavras-chave: Criminal Profiling. Profiling. Investigation. Expert proof. Criminal proceedings.

• Keywords: Criminal Profiling. Profiling. Investigation. Expert proof. Criminal proceedings.

• Abstract:

  The purpose of this work is to analyze the possibility of applying the investigative technique known as criminal profiling in the field of preliminary investigation, as well as its use as a means of evidence in criminal proceedings. Bearing in mind that despite all its historical development and relationship with the sciences of criminology, sociology, psychology and criminalistics, its scientific validity is still the subject of discussion among specialists in the field, which raises questions about its validity and effectiveness in criminal prosecution. Furthermore, it is opportune to correlate the theme with the current Brazilian scenario regarding the relentless and constant increase in crime rates, a chaotic situation that is plaguing the country and calls for innovations in the area of investigative procedures, especially with regard to violent crimes, since, unfortunately this scope is completely outdated, obsolete and unable to keep up with the growing wave of violence in the country. Faced with this problem, there is an urgent need for the State to encourage the improvement of the Brazilian investigative structure by promoting research that explores the validity of new and promising techniques such as criminal profiling in order to obtain an intelligent and improved investigative system. This is an exploratory and qualitative research, in which the dialectical approach method is applied, as well as the historical procedure method and indirect research technique through documentary and bibliographical research.