Re: ETHICAL ISSUE? "Bush on the Couch" by Justin Frank, M.D.

[Drnanjo]

In a message dated 7/17/2004 2:11:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sure many if not all of us know highly esteemed colleagues who do extraordinarily (and scientifically based!!) professional job creating psychological profiles of kidenappers (in hostage situations), serial killers or rapers that the police is after, based on much less information. I for one, consider what they do as a source of pride Actually most of us don't know these people except on TV, and if you have something besides anecdotal testimony (controlled scientific study) about the accuracy of profiling, I'd like to see it. As far as I understand, there is no solid evidence for it's usefulness, anymore than there is evidence supporting the usefulness of psychics who "solve crimes."   Profiling is a bunch of hoodoo. I am not proud of it, I loathe it. It's just one more media circus version of psychology. This is not my psychological science, it's simple bunk.   Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]