Profiling

(′prō′fīl·iŋ)

(engineering) Electrical exploration wherein the transmitter and receiver are moved in unison across a structure to obtain a profile of mutual impedance between transmitter and receiver. Also known as lateral search.

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1. collecting and analyzing information that individuals have provided about themselves (see registration) or information about their website purchases or visits for marketing purposes. 2. behavioral analysis of serial murder suspects providing information on the causality, motivations, and characteristics of serial killers to assist in their apprehension. 3. police targeting of suspects by utilizing a set of characteristics to decide whether an individual (who possesses those characteristics) might be guilty of some crime. One method known as racial profi ling is particularly violative of individuals’ rights since it involves the police’s use of race as the sole factor in decisions to stop, interrogate, or search people. Reliance on such criteria in combination with other identifying factors when seeking a specifi c suspect whose race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, or religious dress is part of the description of the suspect is not racial profi ling. 2005 Kan. ALS 159 (1).