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Expecting the Unexpected
Not on Criminal Minds LOLOLOL Actually I have learned allot from that show and think it is very well written. I agree with your comment a certain type of criminal is pretty predictable. On that show they constantly troubleshoot their profile to refine it. I've always thought the writer must use the FBI as a resource for the script leading me to believe this is how it is done in the real world.
Just sayin', and yes there could be those profilers who get tunnel vision. That means they are not following the book in their job. :banghead:
I'm going to disagree with your view of Criminal Minds just a little - yes they often show "exceptions" in the behavior of the criminals to make it interesting because they are, after all, writing a fictional mystery show and they don't want to give anything away to the audience. :angel:
But in reality, from what I've seen here on Websleuths since 2003, many of these criminals are similar in several important ways, and that's why Profilers are helpful to the police and the FBI.
I think it comes through on Criminal Minds, too - the variations are usually just quirks of character and don't change the basic sociopathic/narcissist package.
I don't believe that people are "cookie-cutter" either, which is how they get away with things. But the main reason they get away with it is that the people in their lives try to see good in them and forgive them for lots of things that in other situations people wouldn't. Just like with Ted Bundy, people see what they want to see, and the perpetrator knows exactly how to use that human trait to his/her advantage.
JMOO