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Academy of Behavioral Profiling

Mission Statement

The Academy of Behavioral Profiling is a professional association dedicated to the application of evidence based criminal profiling techniques within investigative and legal venues. The Academy is committed to the development and promotion of multi-disciplinary education and training, practice standards and peer review for those who engage in evidence based criminal profiling. The Academy aims to foster the development of a class of practitioners capable of raising the discipline of evidence based behavioral profiling to the status of a profession.

Initial Goals and Objectives:

To provide multidisciplinary education and training in the investigative and legal areas related to evidence based crime analysis and behavioral profiling in the form of workshops, lectures, seminars and an annual meeting which are open to the public;
To develop and promote the advancement of multidisciplinary practice standards for those who engage in evidence based crime analysis and behavioral profiling in the form of written guidelines, a profiling general knowledge exam, and enforcing a code of professional conduct;
To develop and promote standards of peer review as part of advancement through the tiers of ABP Membership;
To identify and document the use of profiling and crime analysis in court in the form of a publicly available repository;
To develop multidisciplinary Continuing Education requirements for the ABP Membership;
To promote and fund multidisciplinary research in the area of evidence based crime analysis and behavioral profiling;
To promote public awareness of evidence based crime analysis and behavioral profiling.