Choice of the victim as the informative sign by working out of the psychological profile of the serial sexual criminal

  • Igor A. Fourmanov Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
  • Igor E. Metlickij Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

Abstract

In article on the basis of the analysis modern psychologicals and criminalistics approaches, application prospects uses profiling in a context of psychological maintenance of professional work of employees of law enforcement bodies are considered. The uniform approach to understanding of phenomena «psychological model of the person of the criminal», «a psychological portrait of the criminal» and «a psychological profile of the criminal», proceeding from that functional loading which they bear in criminalistics and legal psychology is offered. Mechanisms of a choice of a victim by the unorganized, mixed and organised serial criminal, proceeding from features of its person are described. Necessity of the account of a choice of a victim of a crime is theoretically proved at drawing up of a psychological profile of the serial criminal.

Author Biographies

Igor A. Fourmanov, Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

doctor of science (psychology), full professor; head at the department of psychology, faculty of philosophy and
social sciences

Igor E. Metlickij, Belarusian State University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

PhD (psychology), docent; associate professor at the department of psychology, faculty of philosophy and
social sciences

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Published
2019-01-14
Keywords: psychological profiling, criminal profiling, the serial criminal, a victim of a crime
How to Cite
Fourmanov, I. A., & Metlickij, I. E. (2019). Choice of the victim as the informative sign by working out of the psychological profile of the serial sexual criminal. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philosophy and Psychology, 1, 98-102. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/philosophy/article/view/1907