Criminal justice

It is said to many children that their success in school, workplace success, and overall
earnings they make in their lifetime depends on how hard they try in school. But what if that was
not the only factor at play in the lives of these children growing up? Many children try hard in
school, yet still seem to fall short in terms of the grademarks they recieve. When children put
their best effort forth, yet factors outside of their own control hold them back, in most cases in
falls on the role of the parents themselves.

Identifying and analyzing offense behavior associated with arson can provide valuable insight and information of lead value to the fire investigator. Offense behavior is associated with the nature of the crime committed, the choices made by the offender and his actions, the physical evidence, and other indicators observed at the crime scene.

Knowledge management (KM) is a critical organizational asset predicated upon a knowledge-based perspective of the firm that emphasizes identification, sharing, and exploitation of knowledge assets.  Profiling practitioners, constituting a community of practice (CoP, are compared to empiricists associated as a community of interest (CoI).  The CoP operates using tacit knowledge whereas the CoI codifies knowledge to make it explicit.  Within criminal profiling the CoI are severely critical of the tacit methods and typologies utilized by the CoP with the consequence being empirical divergence from practice.  A research agenda focused upon a multidisciplinary approach to criminal profiling, combining the CoP and CoI paradigms is needed to bridge the gap and settle questions of criminal profiling efficacy and contribute to theory.