crimes solved with the BAU

The objective of the BAU is to provide behavioral based investigative and operational support by using case experience, research, and training to difficult and time-consuming crimes, usually involving acts or threats of violence. The units areas supported include Crimes Against Children, Crimes Against Adults, Communicated Threats, Corruption, and Bombing and Arson Investigations. The BAU receives requests for help from Federal, state, local, and international law enforcement agencies. Response to these requests for BAU help are analysed through the network of field NCAVC coordinators. BAU assistance is provided during on-site case consultations, phone conference calls, and/or consultations held at the BAU with case investigators. However, the popular belief of a profiler is wrong , there is no such position in the FBI called "profiler", this position is commonly seen on television and in cinema.

The BAU provides assistance to Law Enforcement Angencies. This assistance is provided through the process of "criminal investigative analysis". Criminal investigative analysis is a job of reviewing crimes from both a behavioral and investigative side to a crime. It includes reviewing and assessing the facts of a criminal act, interpreting offender behavior, and interaction with the victim, as exhibited during the commission of the crime, or as displayed in the crime scene. BAU staff conduct detailed analyses of crimes for the reasoning of providing one or more of the following services: crime analysis, investigative suggestions, profiles of unknown offenders, threat analysis, critical incident analysis, interview strategies, major case management, search warrant assistance, prosecutive and trial strategies, and expert testimony.

The BAU keeps a reference file for agents in various forensic disciplines such as odontology, anthropology, entomology, or pathology.

The BAU may be of assistance in a serial criminal investigation for a variety of reasons. These may include:
The State, County, and/or Local Authorities are unable to gain any headway in a serial crime case
Exemption: Illinois and California have their own State Bureaus of Investigation but may still request assistance, if needed The criminal(s) cross(es) state lines
The criminal(s) cross(es) into any other country in the Americas
If passing to an overseas location, Interpol has jurisdiction The offender(s) is already on the FBI's wanted list
There are suspicions of terrorist activity; in which case, multiple branches of the FBI may be involved (including the Counter-Terrorism Unit)
More information to the above services, the BAU staff created the Child Abduction Response Plan to assist investigators faced with these investigations. Recently, the BAU released "
The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective" report to guide school administrators, teachers, parents, and law enforcement in identifying and evaluating threats in schools.



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