Professionalizing offender profiling : forensic and investigative psychology in practice / edited by Laurence Alison and Lee Rainbow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alison, Laurence J.

Rainbow, Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal psychology.

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Criminal profilers.

Criminal investigation--Psychological aspects.

Criminal investigation.

Physical Description:

xx, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

Between the early 1990s--and the embarrassingly unprofessional work of British forensic psychologist Paul Britton in the investigation into the murder of a young woman--and the present time, there has been substantial improvement in criminal profiling practices in the UK, with greater regulation, greater professionalism and integrity, and far less personality-based media attention, according to Alison (a chartered forensic psychologist at Liverpool U., UK) and Rainbow (Head of Profession for Behavioural Investigative Advice, National Policing Improvement Agency, UK), even as the practice has come under increasing criticism. They present 12 papers that describes this professionalization of "behavioral investigative advising" in terms of various aspects of both process and product. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part I Professionalizing the process / Lee Rainbow Rainbow, Lee 1

1 Taming the beast: the UK approach to the management of behavioural investigative advice / Lee Rainbow Rainbow, Lee 5

2 What Behavioural Investigative Advisers actually do / Lee Rainbow Rainbow, Lee, Adam Gregory Gregory, Adam 18

3 BIA support to investigative decision making / Lee rainbow rainbow, Lee, Louise Almond Almond, Louise, Laurence Alison Alison, Laurence 35

4 Pragmatic solutions to offender profiling and behavioural investigative advice / Laurence Alison Alison, Laurence, Alasdair Goodwill Goodwill, Alasdair, Louise Almond Almond, Louise, Claudia Van Den Heuvel Heuvel, Claudia Van Den, Jan Winter Winter, Jan 51

5 The cognitive expertise of Behavioural Investigative Advisers in the UK and Germany / Susanne Knabe-Nicol Knabe-Nicol, Susanne, Laurence Alison Alison, Laurence, Lee Rainbow Rainbow, Lee 72

6 The cognitive expertise of Geographic Profilers / Susanne Knabe-Nicol Knabe-Nicol, Susanne, Laurence Alison Alison, Laurence 126

7 Familial DNA prioritization / Adam Gregory Gregory, Adam, Lee Rainbow Rainbow, Lee 160

8 Child pornography offenders: towards an evidenced-based approach to prioritizing the investigation of indecent image offences / Michelle McManus McManus, Michelle, Matthew L. Long Long, Matthew L., Laurence Alison Alison, Laurence 178

Part II Professionalizing the product / Lee Rainbow Rainbow, Lee 189

9 What do Senior Investigating Police Officers want from Behavioural Investigative Advisers? / Terri Cole Cole, Terri, Jennifer Brown Brown, Jennifer 191

10 Interpreting claims in offender profiles: the role of probability phrases, base-rates and perceived dangerousness / Gaelle Villeioubert Villeioubert, Gaelle, Louise Almond Almond, Louise, Laurence Alison Alison, Laurence 206

11 Stereotyping, congruence and presentation order: interpretative biases in utilizing offender profiles / Benjamin Marshall Marshall, Benjamin, Laurence Alison Alison, Laurence 228

12 An evaluation and comparison of claims made in behavioural investigative advice reports compiled by the National Policing Improvement Agency in the United Kingdom / Louise Almond Almond, Louise, laurence Alison Alison, laurence, Louise Porter Porter, Louise 250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415668781

0415668786

9780415668798

0415668794

OCLC:

690089965