Revised Annotation 3: Whoever Fights Monsters

Robert,K, Ressler&Thomas,Schachtman.(1995) .Whoever Fights Monsters.台灣先智:平裝.

In the original annotation I merely posted some paragraphs of this book without organizing them. Here I put them in order and added my own thought at the end of the article, so readers know more clear about how psychological profiling truly practice in the investigation.
2. I modified some irrelevant narration and delete redundant plot.(2011/12/26)

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Psychological profiling(心理描繪技術)is a profound skill which needs practitioners equipped with sociology, criminology and psychology. Presently, BAU (Behavior Analysis Unit) is the most famous organization which assists investigation by psychological profiling. Also, BAU is the main of Criminal Mind,  a famous crime series. When a case is presented to BAU and ask for their help, that’s mean this time police officers meet an unusual murderers and forensic evidences are helpless. The police have to rely on this special skill to picture the suspect. According to crime scene, the murderer is cruel and merciless. The longer the time for searching for him, the more dangerous the locals are. Therefore, BAU soon arrive and collect information about suspect as far as they can. Base on the clue from crime scene, specialists have to define suspect’s character. The crime scene may be clean, designed, or with blood everywhere. What type of murderer can be? Is he organized or disorganized? Is he planning this murder beforehand or he just out of control? What kind of person may be his target? These are essential clues. Specialists picture these fragments together and reason out he may be a tall, white man.Perhaps, he losts his job recently. Female with blonde hair is his favorite. With this profiling, the police can narrow down the number of suspects and save more time. Sometime murderers will contact police first either by message on crime scene or statement on newspaper. At that time, investigation will be a psychological warfare between murderer and the police.

Criminals who commit these bloodcurdling murders are not ordinary people, but most of them have ordinary appearances. They talk reasonably, dress normally, even some of them are handsome and intelligent. It is hard for victims to know in fact the guy talking to them enjoy cutting people’s bellies a lot. Any ordinary motives for committing cannot be applied to them, such as money, poverty, or emotional impulsion. They kill for their own emotional satisfactions. Initially, they experiment on their pets, such as fish, dog, or cat to make their fantasy come true. If there is still no one guide and assist them, soon they turn to human beings for further satisfaction. These criminals, or psychopaths, must be isolated when they are proved of having mental disease.  Some of them do know killing is not right but it is impossible for them to control themselves. No chance for fully recovery.

Many people wondering whether a deficient family cause these killers’ emergence. According to the author’s study, if one get no gentle touches, proper caring and feeling of needed in their childhood, on the other word, being loved, then he or she may have problem of maintaining long-term relationship and sexual dysfunction. The former one make them feel lonely and the latter one arouses resentment against female. Parents carry the weight with the growth of a criminal; either violently treating, sexual harassment or ignorance afflicting them both physically and mentally. Consequently, they are deprived of capability of love and can never sympathize other people. Not every unfortunate child is destined to be a series killer in the future. But deficient family is part of what make them series killers. Cruel treatment bud in their early stage of growth. The formation of a criminal still need deeper and wider study so the psychological profiling can be more accurate.

Psychological profiling is a useful tool during the  investigation. If the profile matches the real killer, it can save more time for sieving out suspects and being advantageous in the probable negotiation with them. Furthermore, we can find other absconding criminals through the confession of those who have been caught finally. In Taiwan, there is still a limit to how much psychological profiling can do, due to the human resource and related equipment is not good enough. Wish in the future will be more people willing to develop this strong weapon, enhance the efficiency of closing a case.