Rolul convingerilor în estimarea acurateţii informaţiilor conţinute de profilele psihologice criminalistice
THE ROLE OF BELIEFS IN ESTIMATING THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to explore the findings made by Kocsis and Heller (2004), about the relationship between beliefs and how a person perceives the accuracy of a forensic psychological profile. The influence of various types of information contained in a profile, concerning how it is perceived as one precise and useful in conducting the judicial inquiry, was also considered. A group of 142 participants was used in the experimental approach, the aim being to highlight how they perceived information contained in a forensic psychological profile. The obtained results confirmed previous research conducted by Kocsis and Heller, noting a statistically significant correlation between individual beliefs and how he perceives the accuracy of a forensic psychological profile. Thus, the more an individual believes strongly in the effectiveness of profiling techniques, more likely he will perceive the information contained in a profile as accurate content that can be useful in judicial investigation. This relationship was broad regarding personal information related to the history of the offender and the way he operates.

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