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<journal-title>The Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title>Korean J Leg Med</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">2383-5702</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">2383-5710</issn>
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<publisher-name>The Korean Society for Legal Medicine</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7580/kjlm.2016.40.1.1</article-id>
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<subject>Original Article</subject>
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<article-title>Linking Wound Interpretation to Behavioral Evidence Analysis</article-title>
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<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
<surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Youn Shin</given-names></name>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1-kjlm-40-1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
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<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en">
<surname>Park</surname><given-names>Myung Sook</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2-kjlm-40-1"><sup>2</sup></xref>
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<aff id="aff1-kjlm-40-1" xml:lang="en"><label>1</label>Department of Forensic Medicine, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, <country>Korea</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2-kjlm-40-1" xml:lang="en"><label>2</label>Department of Nursing, Nambu University, Gwangju, <country>Korea</country></aff>
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<corresp id="c1-kjlm-40-1"><bold>Correspondence to</bold> Youn Shin Kim Department of Forensic Medicine, Chosun University School of Medicine, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, Korea Tel: +82-62-230-6998 Fax: +82-62-234-4584 E-mail: <email>ysk007fm@hotmail.com</email></corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>12</month><year>2016</year></pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>19</day><month>12</month><year>2016</year></pub-date>
<volume>40</volume><issue>1</issue>
<fpage>1</fpage><lpage>7</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>20</day><month>10</month><year>2015</year></date>
<date date-type="revised"><day>08</day><month>11</month><year>2015</year></date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>16</day><month>11</month><year>2015</year></date>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 2016 The Korean Society for Legal Medicine</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
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<abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In recent years, criminal profiling has received tremendous attention in the investigation of violent crimes in Korea. The basic premise of criminal profiling is that different patterns of offences will reflect differences in personality traits or motives among criminals. This article reviews the concept of behavioral evidence analysis as a method of criminal profiling and proposes the possibility of linking it to forensic wound interpretation. Behavior has different meanings across cultures and localities, and all crime scenes have their own characters and stories, which can be inferred using insight into the dynamics of human behavior. From the criminal profiling perspective, an offending action can be divided into two types: instrumental action and expressive action. In reality, however, violent criminal behavior is extremely variable, and it is difficult to make precise predictions regarding an offender&#x0027;s behavior or personality. For successful profiling, we need to collect unbiased, objective information, including autopsy reports, and forensic pathologists should have basic knowledge about behavioral evidence analysis. The authors insist that the assessment of injury as an offending behavior can be helpful for deducing the motive for the offence and personality traits of the perpetrator.</p>
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<kwd>Criminal profiling</kwd>
<kwd>Behavior</kwd>
<kwd>Wounds</kwd>
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