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Crime Analysis: The NCAVC staff member reviews the initial crime scene information and preliminary investigative efforts and offers suggestions that may help direct the course of the investigation. Investigative Suggestions: Certain investigative suggestions and strategies may be offered based on a review of the entire case, focusing particularly on an evaluation of the crime scene and an assessment of the likely offender. Profiles of Unknown Offenders: By analyzing the details by which a crime was committed, NCAVC staff members can often identify important personality and behavioral characteristics of an offender. Certain crime scenes may reveal behavioral characteristics that give clues about an offender’s personality or lifestyle and allow investigators to predict future activity. Threat Analysis: Communicated threats are evaluated to determine whether the author or caller has the intent, knowledge, or means to carry out any stated or implied threat. A behavioral description of the unknown offender may be provided to assist in identification and apprehension. Known offenders who make threats or who appear to pose a danger may be assessed for potential dangerousness, given appropriate and sufficient background data. Critical Incident Evaluations: NCAVC staff serve as a resource to CIRG’s crisis management, tactical, and on-scene commanders during crisis situations by offering overall behavioral assessment of critical incidents, crime scenes, and potentially dangerous individuals. Interview Strategies. The NCAVC staff can make suggestions about interview strategies of subjects, suspects, or witnesses, based on a general assessment of the person and an analysis of the crime(s) and behavior exhibited. Suggestions may relate to the most appropriate type of interviewer, desirable approach, and the best environment in which to conduct the interview. Major Case Management: The NCAVC staff can provide guidance and resources to manage and organize a major multiagency investigation, such as those that occur in child abduction or serial murder cases. Particularly helpful to those investigating the abduction or mysterious disappearance of a child is the Child Abduction Response Plan prepared by NCAVC staff with the assistance of and advice from FBI and police investigators who have extensive experience working child abduction cases. Search Warrant Assistance: Research and experience have shown that certain behavior and personality traits are commonly possessed by specific types of offenders. This information can be particularly beneficial to support affidavits for search warrants.