THE CRIMINOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROFILE OF UNIDENTIFIED KILLER. THE DENIS RADER CASE

Abstract

Profiling is a technique for determining the personality and behavioral characteristics of an individual, taking into account his criminal past, personality types of offenders who commit similar offenses. The criminal is the subject of criminological research and can be defined as an individual who commits acts criminalized by criminal law or who has a deviant behavior that generates legal consequences. A murderer is a criminal who commits criminal acts that harm a supreme value, namely the life of the victim. The serial murderer is characterized by the killing of three or more persons within a time span of more than one month, with a lull between the criminal acts. It is eminently necessary for serial killers to be categorized and referred to as such that the murders take place at different times in separate events, which often have no explanation, the motive being the pleasure of the killer.