Criminal & behavioral profiling / Curt R. Bartol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartol, Curt R., 1940-

Contributor:

Bartol, Anne M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Criminal profilers.

Criminal investigation.

Physical Description:

xii, 346 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Criminal and behavioral profiling

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, [2013]

Summary:

What is the job of a "criminal profiler" really like? We see these roles played out nightly on TV shows and in the news, but how does law enforcement today actually use empirical data to correctly assess behavior and help solve crimes, particularly-serial crimes?

Criminal & Behavioral Profiling, written by well-established authors Curt and Anne Bartol, presents a realistic and empirically based look at the theory, research, and practice of modern criminal profiling, or, as it's more professionally termed, behavioral analysis or behavioral investigative analysis. Designed for use in a variety of criminal justice and psychology courses, the book delves into the process of identifying distinctive behavioral tendencies geographical locations, demographic, and biographical descriptors of offenders, and personality traits, based on characteristics of the crime. Timely literature and case studies from the rapidly growing international research in criminal profiling help students understand the best practices, major pitfalls, and psychological concepts that are key to this process.

Key Features

Covers profiling in live types-crime scene profiling, geographic profiling, psychological profiling, suspect-based profiling, and equivalent death analysis (or psychological autopsies)-with content largely dictated by current research conducted in these subdivisions

Presents an international perspective, integrating research, theory, practice, and examples from not only the United States, but also Great Britain, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Finland, and more

Includes case studies to illustrate theory and techniques

Considers the legal status of profiling, offering examples from court cases

Highlights the victimology approach, with an emphasis on the importance-for. profiling purposes-of gathering information about the victim, and how serial offender treat their victims

Features Focus boxes in each chapter to provide applied information from practice Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Crime scene profiling

Scientific approaches to crime scene profiling

Geographic profiling and mapping

Profiling applied to specific crimes

Psychological profiling: a focus on threat and risk assessment

Suspect-based profiling

Reconstructive psychological evaluation: the psychological autopsy

Profiling in court.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-320) and index.

ISBN:

1412983088

9781412983082

OCLC:

794032651

Publisher Number:

99959186352