ODNOS KRIMINALISTIKE I VERBALNE KOMUNIKACIJE U SVJETLU UTVRĐIVANJA PROFILA UČINIOCA KRIVIČNOG DJELA S ASPEKTA PRAVA I SIGURNOSTI / THE RELATION BETWEEN CRIMINOLOGY AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION WHEN DETERMINATING THE PROFILE OF AN OFFENDER, ASPECTS OF LAW AND SECURITY

Abstract

Criminology is the scientific study that tends to discover methods to reduce the crime. It also focuses on the investigation of crimes and their perpetrators, and develops strategies that are used to combat the crime. The main purpose of the criminal investigation, as the scientific study, is to prevent the crime. Two ways to reduce the crime are: the use of its own facts and knowledge, and the knowledge of other sciences such as sociology, linguistics, psychology, etc. Communication is a complex process between humans and other species. It involves the act of transferring informations, ideas, opinions, and other facilities through signals and signs (speech, language signs, symbols, etc.). The different categories of communication include: verbal and non-verbal comunication, direct and indirect communication, written comunication etc. My focus will be on the importance of verbal communication. The linguist has the task of searching for the linguistic patterns and inconsistencies in order to determine who wrote a certain text, whose voice is on the tape, the meaning of the certain words, whether the speaker is telling the truth or not, etc. The paper explores the relation between the criminology and verbal communication. In order to determine the profile of an offender, this enables more detailed analysis of the criminal investigation