Creating a Criminal Profile in Investigative and Operational Activities

The article examines the activities of investigators, forensic experts, operational offi cers of the internal aff airs bodies of the Russian Federation in drawing up a profile of a criminal in cases where the identity of the perpetrator has not been established. The stages and methods of forensic profiling are reflected. Attention is drawn to the need to study this problem by cadets and students of educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.