ROLE OF CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THEORIES IN UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR

AUTHOR – NIHAL JAISWAL, STUDENT AT ADAMAS UNIVERSITY BARASAT WEST BENGAL

BEST CITATION – NIHAL JAISWAL, ROLE OF CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THEORIES IN UNDERSTANDING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (1) OF 2024, PG. 134-142, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

Introduction

Criminal psychologists have been portrayed in our minds in very intriguing ways in television shows and movies like “Criminal Minds.” The reality, on the other hand, is very different from what these movies and web series show. A desk job for a criminal psychologist requires the psychologist to conduct research and look through various previous case files. In contrast to web series and movies, where the criminal psychologist participates actively in each case and visits every crime scene, criminal psychologists rarely work on a case and only when requested by the concerned officers.