On the surface, your pilot example may seem relevant, but we're not trying to pigeon-hole pilots, are we? We don't have myths, rules and general assumptions on why a person chooses to be a pilot. This is where the seemingly overzealous profilers come into play. What they have done with 'serial killer' is detrimental and useless.
Do we assume that all pilots liked to play with toy planes as a kid? Some did, some didn't. There's more kids who played with planes as a kid that DIDN'T become pilots than did become one. Do we assume that all people who love planes will be pilots? No. Can we, or do we try, to predict who will become a pilot? No. We can't even if we wanted to, same with anything else.
The many myths, misconceptions and furious attempts to connect all serial killers have done nothing but confuse the issue further and is detrimental to law enforcement. One of the reasons why some serial killers got away with things for as long as they did was not due to their smarts but due more to misconceptions that law enforcement had about the supposed 'nature and behavior' of serial killers.
Is it normal I think we need to throw out the term 'Serial Killer'?
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On the surface, your pilot example may seem relevant, but we're not trying to pigeon-hole pilots, are we? We don't have myths, rules and general assumptions on why a person chooses to be a pilot. This is where the seemingly overzealous profilers come into play. What they have done with 'serial killer' is detrimental and useless.
Do we assume that all pilots liked to play with toy planes as a kid? Some did, some didn't. There's more kids who played with planes as a kid that DIDN'T become pilots than did become one. Do we assume that all people who love planes will be pilots? No. Can we, or do we try, to predict who will become a pilot? No. We can't even if we wanted to, same with anything else.
The many myths, misconceptions and furious attempts to connect all serial killers have done nothing but confuse the issue further and is detrimental to law enforcement. One of the reasons why some serial killers got away with things for as long as they did was not due to their smarts but due more to misconceptions that law enforcement had about the supposed 'nature and behavior' of serial killers.