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Wiktionary
n. 1 A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern. 2 A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal. 3 (context computing English) A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
Wikipedia
Profiler may refer to:
- Criminal profiler, a criminologist who studies a criminal's behavior for clues to psychology to aid in capturing them
- Profiling (computer programming), a programming tool that can track the performance of another computer program
- Profiler (TV series), a television drama series about a criminologist profiler that aired on NBC
- Wind profiler, an instrument to measure wind speed and direction at various elevations above the ground
- A surface analysis instrument also called a Profilometer
- A fungicide containing fosetyl-Al and fluopicolide
Profiler is an American crime drama that aired on NBC as part of its Thrillogy block and CNBC Europe from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the FBI's fictional Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ally Walker starred as profiler Dr. Samantha Waters during the first three seasons (1996–99), and was later replaced by Jamie Luner as prosecutor-turned-profiler Dr. Rachel Burke during the show's final season. Robert Davi, Roma Maffia, Peter Frechette, Erica Gimpel and Julian McMahon co-starred throughout the show's run. Caitlin Wachs played Dr. Waters' daughter for the first two seasons, a role taken over by Evan Rachel Wood in 1998.
Profiler shares a similar lead character and premise with the Fox Network series Millennium, created by Chris Carter. Both shows premiered at the beginning of the 1996–97 television season.
The first season of Profiler premiered on NBC in the United States on September 21, 1996, and aired the finale on May 10, 1997. The first season ran for 22 episodes.
The second season of Profiler premiered on NBC in the United States on November 1, 1997, and aired the finale on May 9, 1998. The second season ran for 19 episodes.
As of the second season Michael Whaley was no longer part of the cast as Det. Nathan Brubaker
The third season of Profiler premiered on NBC in the United States on October 17, 1998, and aired the finale on June 6, 1999. The third season ran for 21 episodes.
As of episode 1 Coronation, Caitlin Wachs no longer appeared as Chloe Waters and was replaced with Evan Rachel Wood. Also, Erica Gimpel is no longer featured in the opening credits. Heather McComb, Traci Lords and Shiek Mahmud-Bey are gone from the series due to Frances Malone's departure for college as well as Sharon Lesher's death, both featured in the final episode of Season 2, while no explanation is ever given for Marcus Payton's departure.
The fourth and final season of Profiler premiered on NBC in the United States on September 25, 1999, and aired the finale on September 7, 2000. The fourth and final season ran for 20 episodes.
Usage examples of "profiler".
The understanding of the sexual substitution concept provides a criminal profiler with a clearer and more accurate mental picture of the killer.
From the above information, the criminal profiler advised the detective that he had already interviewed the killer.
Following the diagram in figure 7-3, the knowledge engineer transforms prior experiences of the crime profiler and the results of violent crime research into a knowledge base.
The process used by an investigative profiler in developing a criminal profile is quite similar to that used by clinicians to make a diagnosis and treatment plan: data are collected and assessed, the situation is reconstructed, hypotheses are formulated, a profile is developed and tested, and the results are reported back.
Thus, when the investigative profiler analyzes a crime scene and notes certain critical factors, he or she may be able to determine the motive and type of person who committed the crime.
The profiler studies all this background and evidence information, as well as all initial police reports.
Information the profiler does not want included in the case materials is that dealing with possible suspects.
Such information may subconsciously prejudice the profiler and cause him or her to prepare a profile matching the suspect.
The investigative profiler reads the dynamics of a crime scene and interprets them, based on his experience with similar cases where the outcome is known.
It is important, therefore, to realize that the validity and competence of forensic pathologic information that is provided to the criminal profiler will not be uniform, and that further inquiry must be made to improve the quality and usefulness of these important data.
The scene and autopsy room photographs provided to the profiler must be examined not only to confirm information presented as fact, but also to identify findings present that may not have been appreciated or described by the pathologist who performed the postmortem examination.
I would have as a profiler and criminal investigative analyst for the FBI.
Commander Paul Bishop, the task force will be led by Home Office clinical psychologist and Senior Profiler Dr.
In which case, bringing in a profiler is going to be a total waste of time.
He would have to grow a thicker skin or else be prepared to put up with the jibes of colleagues who would enjoy watching the profiler lose his lunch over another vitiated victim.