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profile2 CONSTRUCTSAirfoil profileANDERSON · AIRFOILCriminal profileTURVEY · BEHAVIOR

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Aerodynamics

The cross-sectional shape of a wing

In aerodynamics a profile is the cross-sectional shape of a wing or blade (the airfoil), whose camber, thickness, and chord govern how it generates lift and drag as air flows over it. Anderson's Fundamentals of aerodynamics relates profile geometry to the pressure distribution and the lift and drag coefficients it produces. The referent is a geometric shape tied to an aerodynamic function, a different construct from a behavioural inference about an offender or a program's runtime measurements.[1]

Unit
The airfoil cross-section geometry and the lift/drag it yields
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Characterised by camber, thickness, and chord and by the resulting lift, drag, and moment coefficients

Forensic psychology

Inferred traits of an unknown offender

In forensic psychology a profile is the set of inferred characteristics of an unknown offender (behavioural, personality, and demographic) deduced from crime-scene evidence and victimology to narrow an investigation. Turvey's Criminal profiling develops behavioural-evidence analysis, reasoning from physical and behavioural evidence to offender traits. The referent is an evidence-based inference about a person, a construct unrelated to a wing's shape or a software measurement.[2]

Unit
A set of inferred offender characteristics drawn from case evidence
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Built by behavioural-evidence analysis linking crime-scene and victim evidence to probable offender traits

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References

  1. Anderson, J. D. (2011). Fundamentals of aerodynamics (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 9780073398105
  2. Turvey, B. E. (2012). Criminal profiling: An introduction to behavioral evidence analysis (4th ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 9780123852434

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