leviathan, A criminal profiler is the same regardless of the specialty field
That makes sense, a criminal is a criminal is a criminal. Just because one may use a computer is irrelevant; that is the MO (modus operandi). The actual tools used are pretty irrelevant to the crime or the criminal, fraud is fraud and theft is theft.

Technology has changed, and it is only reasonable to expect criminals to adapt to and embrace that technology like other members of society.


¤The¤Spe©ialist has several times made the point that the internet is just a medium or environment, nothing more, nothing less. Alongside computers, it has changed the way that we store and transmit information. Otherwise the rules are the same. Sure, the existence of tools has generated the skiddie...............but the herd mentality is the same, and no different from that of the gangs of previous generations.

The wanton damage/destruction of other's property has been around for a long time, it is called "vandalism"

Whilst attempting to "profile" computer criminals sounds fine on paper it is an academic exercise of little practical value. Particularly in a society where people are actually considered innocent until they commit a crime and are found guilty of it

The "future" from a career viewpoint, in this area must lie with criminal computer forensics and criminologists.

just my £0.02