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Medicina Legal de Costa Rica
On-line version ISSN 2215-5287Print version ISSN 1409-0015
Abstract
PACHAR LUCIO, J.V. and JURADO IGLESIAS, G.Y.. Evidencias físicas y perfilación criminológica perspectiva médico legal. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2017, vol.34, n.1, pp.131-136. ISSN 2215-5287.
Criminological profiling is a controversial technique that uses, among other elements, physical and psychological evidences for unsolved crimes investigation. Such evidences are contributed by the scientific experts of forensic services. The forensic results represent a fundamental part of the scientific basis of profiling and they should be done according to protocols and standards of good practices, endorsed internationally. For the correct interpretation and assessment of the results coming from scientific evidence, in the team responsible for developing criminological profile should be integrated, among others, medical examiners, psychologists and forensic psychiatrists.
Keywords : Criminological profiling; Crime Scene Investigation; Forensic Sciences.