Stigma (botany) Diagram of stigma. The stigma (plural: stigmata) is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.
What's Criminal Profiling? Criminal profiling, or offender profiling, is the process of identifying the mindset and characteristics of an unknown criminal. Investigators examine the crime scene and the nature of the crime. The investigators attempt to determine the type of person the criminal is based on all the evidence and circumstances of the crime.
Advocates of racial profiling are saying that potential criminals will be easily identified if profiling is used as long as it is done in the right way. Police officers, who are always in the limelight when issues on racial profiling come up, have divided views about it.