Gathering Background Information on a Suspect

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Trip to Spain, Group 856, Puzzle 3 (Strait of Gibraltar).

Question is: Gathering Background Information on a Suspect

and the answer is: PROFILING

Word Meaning:

PROFILING — The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.

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