# Fun Criminal Profiling ‘Pick the Perp' Lets You Guess the Face Behind Each Crime By Marissa Brassfield | Published 2009-05-03 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pick-the-perp References: [picktheperp](http://picktheperp.com/) Pick the Perp is a fun website that lets you try to guess the suspect behind a criminal charge based on their mug shot. As you can see from my scores in the gallery above, I’m not very good at criminal profiling. Pick the Perp is a great time suck because it automatically loads the next series of mug shots after you make your guess. Check out some other unusual innovations that play on mug shots below. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.3/10 - Popularity: 28% | Activity: 33% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Virtual Criminal Profiling:** Using AI and facial recognition, anticipate a geometric profile of suspects from available criminal data. - **Gamified Judgment:** Incorporating gamification to help users understand criminal psychology principles and make ethical business decisions. - **Augmented Reality Crime-fighting:** Integrating AR technology to identify potential suspects or warn the public of suspicious individuals in the area. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Law Enforcement:** Implementing algorithmic solutions to predict and prevent criminal activity and develop moral frameworks for AI-based policing tools. - **Gaming and Entertainment:** Developing gamified apps that simulate real-life cases to educate the public on the ethical considerations involved in criminal profiling and promote social responsibility. - **Augmented Reality Technology:** Providing the foundation for innovative crime fighting applications in fields like facial recognition, license plate identification, and mobile AR-enabled digital forensics. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Brand Recognition Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/product-guesser.md) - [AI Face Searches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/findthatface.md) - [Interactive Color Challenges](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/color-guess-game.md) - [Gaming Archetype Personality Quizzes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/puzzle-personality-quiz.md) - [Geographic Guessing Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/countryguessr.md) - [Celebrity Face Matchers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/celebrity-twin.md) - [Celebrity Face Matches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cast-swapper.md) - [AI-Generated Guessing Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/human-or-ai.md) - [Logo Guessing Games](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/not-a-logo.md)