profiling
Building behavioral sketches
Profiling is the practice of drawing inferences about someone based on their characteristics or behavior patterns.
Law enforcement uses profiling to identify likely suspects—controversially, racial profiling targets people based on ethnicity: The department was accused of profiling Black drivers.
In computing, profiling analyzes program performance to identify bottlenecks.
Psychological profiling builds portraits of criminals from crime scene evidence.
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- targetingSelecting as objective
- stereotypingOversimplified group-based judgments
bigotry · partiality · inequality · stigma · assumption · judgmental · misconception · disproportionate
Believe to be likely
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- serial killerRecurring lone murderer
- behavioral analysisStudy of conduct patterns
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
psychological · modus operandi · signature · victimology · geographic · unsub · cold case · manhunt
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- sortingArranging into sequence
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
- labelingAssigning identifying markers
identification · organization · segmentation · typology · cataloging · indexing · systematization · differentiation
Monitoring location over time
- cookiesSmall sweet baked goods
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
- behavioralRelating to conduct
targeting · personalization · segmentation · digital footprint · algorithms · preferences · browsing history · metadata
Preset pattern for reproduction
- contourBounding line of shape
- shapeExternal outline of something
- outlineSummary of key elements
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
jig · gauge · edge · molding · trim · cutout · pattern · silhouette
Hereditary code molecule
- fingerprintingRecording unique digit patterns
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
- investigationFormal examination of facts
ballistics · autopsy · toxicology · identification · bloodstain · pathology · criminalistics · serology
discrimination
Unjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
- targetingSelecting as objective
stereotyping · bigotry · partiality · inequality · stigma · assumption · judgmental · misconception · disproportionate · selective enforcement
suspect
Believe to be likely
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- serial killerRecurring lone murderer
- behavioral analysisStudy of conduct patterns
FBI · psychological · modus operandi · signature · victimology · geographic · unsub · cold case · manhunt · interrogation
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- sortingArranging into sequence
- groupingArrangement by shared traits
labeling · identification · organization · segmentation · typology · cataloging · indexing · systematization · differentiation · categorization
tracking
Monitoring location over time
- cookiesSmall sweet baked goods
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- analyticsSystematic examination of datasets
behavioral · targeting · personalization · segmentation · digital footprint · algorithms · preferences · browsing history · metadata · data mining
template
Preset pattern for reproduction
router · jig · gauge · edge · molding · trim · cutout · pattern · silhouette · tracer
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- fingerprintingRecording unique digit patterns
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
investigation · ballistics · autopsy · toxicology · identification · bloodstain · pathology · criminalistics · serology · incriminating
- assessmentsassessments, evaluation, evaluations, test, tests
- data processingnormalization, data entry, standardization, encoding, scaling
- analysisanalyze, analysis, evaluate, data analysis, examine
- computingcomputer, computers, software, hardware, code
- Criminal Investigationdetective, crime scene, crime investigation, forensics, investigator
- criminal investigationsinvestigations, crime scene, crime scenes, crime scene investigation, crime scene analysis
profilingrandom selection
Choosing without systematic bias
random sampling · randomization · lottery · lottery system · drawing lots
profilingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
overlooking · disregarding · anonymity · invisibility · equal treatment
- criminal profilingInferring suspect characteristics behaviorally
- racial profilingLaw enforcement by skin color
- DNA profilingIdentification via genetic sequences
- psychological profilingInferring traits from conduct
- ethnic profilingTargeting based on ancestry
- genetic profilingIdentifying individuals via hereditary markers