Detective (Spy, Double Agent, Sleuth, Snoop, Sherlock Holmes, Private Investigator, Profiler--see also
Warrior/Crime Fighter)

Positive characteristics of the Detective include the ability to seek out knowledge and information that supports solving crimes and
protecting the public. Detectives combine great powers of observation with highly evolved intuition to deduce the solutions to
crimes. Whereas the Detective is public and often highly respected--especially its modern counterpart, the police Profiler--the
empowered Spy is associated far more with the surreptitious and often illegal acquisition of secret information regarding politics,
business, or national security. Our attitude toward spies often depends on whose side they're on. Many Americans see Gary
Powers as a heroic figure, while Double Agents such as Robert P. Hansson or British intelligence officer and Soviet spy Kim Philby
are considered traitors.

The shadow side of these archetypes can manifest as voyeurism, falsifying information, or selling out to the highest bidder.
Parents who "spy" on their children with good intentions, such as uncovering their involvement with sex or drugs, are nonetheless
flirting with the shadow Detective.

Films: Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep; Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Kelly
McGillis and Jeff Daniels in The House on Carroll Street; Kathleen Turner in V. I. Warshawski; Laurence Olivier in Sleuth; any
James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, or Charlie Chan film.

Fiction: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Dashiel Hammett, Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, Tom Clancy, John LeCarré.

Television: I Spy; Magnum, P.I.

Religion/Myth: Sinon (in Greek lore, a spy who gained the trust of the Trojans by pretending to have deserted the Greeks, then
convinced them to take in the wooden horse that led to their downfall).