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The NCAVC consists of five Behavioral Analysis Units, or "BAU"s:

'''Cybercrime has been a problem for the FBI. In today's digital landscape, cybercriminals share similar motives with traditional criminals, but the complex technological aspect of cybercrime poses unique challenges for law enforcement. There have been different approaches to reduce cybercrime through technological advances. Computer sciences and cybersecurity have applied this by using Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPSs), firewalls, and anti-virus software to mitigate cyberattack threats.  Behavioral Analysis Unit 3 focuses on crimes against children and provides support to other law enforcement officials through criminal investigative analysis, a process through which analysts review, assess, and interpret offender behavior. Behavioral Analysis Unit 3 also assists other units within the FBI that specialize in crimes against children, such as the Violent Crimes Against Children program (VCAC). The Violent Crimes Against Children program aims to provide quick and proactive responses to threats and/or acts of abuse and exploitation of children that fall within the FBI’s jurisdiction. '''
 * Behavioral Analysis Unit 1 (counterterrorism, arson and bombing matters)
 * Behavioral Analysis Unit 2 (threats, cyber crime, and public corruption)
 * Behavioral Analysis Unit 3 (crimes against children)

The VCAC prioritizes the following violations against children:


 * 1) Child abductions: disappearance of a minor, typically 12 years or younger
 * 2) Contact offenses against children: production of child sexual abuse material, sextortion, and travel with the intention to engage in sexual activity with minors 
 * 3) Sexual exploitation of children: producing, trading, distributing, and/or selling child sexual abuse material
 * 4) Trafficking of child sexual abuse material: either distribution or possession of the material
 * 5) International parental kidnapping: wrongfully keeping a child outside the United States with the intention of obstructing the lawful exercise of parental rights

The Violent Crimes Against Children program responds to the above violations by aiding the child victims and supporting federal, state, local, tribal, and international law enforcement in identifying, investigating, and deterring individuals and groups that exploit children. The ViCAP (Violent Criminal Apprehension Program) is a computer program that was established in 1985 '''to help law enforcement solve and identify serial murders. The ViCAP uses a 15-page format that requests information about a crime that was committed.'''
 * Behavioral Analysis Unit 4 (crimes against adults, ViCAP)

This includes information on:


 * Victim
 * Offender
 * Crime scene
 * Physical evidence

'''This report is then relayed to the NCAVC which is then put in the system of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. The report is analyzed by the agents to investigate the Criminal Investigation Analysis of a killer. This can help solve unsolved cases and/or new cases in the future, by identifying the suspects of the cases.'''
 * Behavioral Analysis Unit 5 (research, strategy, and instruction)

The headquarters for the BAU is located in Quantico, Virginia.