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Originally Posted by bbfg
Something doesn't have to be academically verified to be considered useful.
Not saying it's not "useful" in a broad abstract sense, it's simply not the holy grail that TV makes it out to be, via this & Criminal Minds.
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And it's also not because something is """academically debunked""" that it should be considered useless.
Again UK police are prohibited from using such techniques so its validity/lack thereof goes beyond mere abstract.
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I was actually interested in the history aspect of this show but your aggressive posts itt have totally turned me off about it. I'll just enjoy the show .
I wasn't being aggressive and apologies if I offended you. I simply regard BAU methodology as ultimately educated guesswork. Their initial profiling was pure pigeonholing, with their claim of serial killers being invariably white loners in their 20s who continue to kill until captured or die. Serial killers have come from all backgrounds, ages and social status with some not beginning to murder until in their 50s and others indeed indeed stopping such as BTK for example, or else stopping for significant time periods of years, such as the Original Night Stalker or Monster of Florence.
Robert Ressler, who Trench is based upon erroneously claimed that serial killers were virtually unknown before the 1950s, which is completely untrue, there were quite a slew of them in the 20s, 30s & 40s & indeed in the 19th century also.
Most serial killers have been caught via detective work anyway rather than purely profiling, which the show to its credit alludes to.
As for enjoying the show for what it is, I've no problem at all with that and I found it solidly entertaining stuff, cheers.