PSIHOLOŠKO PROFILIRANJE POČINIOCA U FUNKCIJI SAVREMENE PREVENCIJE KRIMINALITETA
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILING OF PERPETRATORS IN THE FUNCTION OF MODERN CRIME PREVENTION

Summary/Abstract: It can be said that psychological profiling of offenders is one of the most important, yet at the same time one of the least used contemporary methods of crime prevention in the countries of the region. Although this topic is increasingly discussed within the fields of criminal psychology and forensic sciences, its application for preventive purposes remains marginal. Security institutions are still primarily focused on processing crimes that have already been committed, while insufficient attention is paid to the early identification of risk traits, psychological deviations, and behavioral patterns that precede criminal activity. The motivation for analyzing this topic lies in the need to better understand the people around us and to identify individuals whose characteristics may indicate criminogenic potential. At the same time, the aim of this paper is to use writing about criminal personality profiling to help prevent violence and reduce the number of victims, rather than merely focusing on punishment and increasing the prison population. In modern societies, especially those facing rising crime rates, a natural question arises: is each of us a potential offender? The emphasis is not on stigmatization, but on distinguishing between risky and non-risky traits, as well as on understanding the influence of environment, stress, trauma, and predispositions on individual behavior. A major problem in our social context is the neglect of the psychological approach to personality. Police and healthcare structures should possess frameworks of psychological characteristics of individuals in their environment in order to recognize latent offenders, persons with pathological traits, or those developing behavior patterns that may indicate potential violence.

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