Holmes and Holmes (1999 & 2009) note that psychological profiling has three goals as follows:

1. Provide a social and psychological assessment of the offender(s),

2. Serve as a psychological evaluation of relevant possessions found with suspected offenders,

3. Provide law enforcement with strategies that should be used when interviewing offenders.

Holmes and Holmes also state that profiling is only appropriate in cases in which the unknown offender shows signs of psychopathology or the crime is particularly violent or ritualistic. Crimes such as rape and arson are considered amenable to profiling techniques.

With the above noted, explain to me how well profiling tends to meet each of the three goals listed (example: does profiling do well with #1 but not #2 and #3, or does it work well with #1 and #3, but not so much with #2). Further, be sure to note if the useful aspects of profiling has more to do with predictive models developed through statistical analyses or if it has more to do with clinical and/or criminological expertise.