In the 1960s, people actually believed that psychology was simple and unnecessary, so becoming a criminal profiler back in the day definitely came with challenges. Little did Teten and Mullany know that they would forever change the way forensic informants worked. (Sussex Publishers, 1991-2016). Although criminal profiling was not used until the 19th century by Dr. Thomas Bond. He wrote a description of the legendary "Jack the Ripper" describing how he might behave or appear. Even after all the work done, he or anyone else to date managed to find out who Jack the Ripper was. Criminal profiling is more involved in crimes like murder, rape, etc. The FBI would be a great example of a place where criminal profiling is needed along with the branches they have like the NCAVC, and you will need to have field experience as well as a special agent of some kind before you can work as a profiler (CareerProfile. info,