Profiling in policy and practice / edited by David Canter and Laurence Alison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alison, Laurence J.

Canter, David V.

Series:

Offender profiling series ; v. 2.

Offender profiling series ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Criminal investigation--Psychological aspects.

Criminal investigation.

Criminal psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Profilers' and 'Profiling' are now widely discussed, often with almost mythical respect. This is the first volume to cut through the confusions and misunderstandings surrounding this topic to report on detailed, original, scientific research that examines the variations in criminal behaviour from which any 'profile' must be derived. The studies included examine both early approaches to the field and the future problems and potential for an Investigative Psychology approach of offender profiling. This book will be of great value to all those who have been waiting for a scientific, psychological basis to police investigations. It will be read with interest by those who want to get behind the rhetoric and controversy that surrounds 'offender profiling' and require an up to date account of current research and recent discoveries.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Profiling in Policy and Practice; 2 Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues in Offender Profiling; 3 Mobsters are Human Too; 4 Social Science Perspectives on the Analysis of Investigative Interviews; 5 False Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse; 6 Equivocal Death; 7 Approaches to the Scientific Attribution of Authorship; 8 Psychologists as Expert Witnesses; 9 Criminal Profiling: Trial by Judge and Jury, not Criminal Psychologist

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-351-90857-X

1-315-24594-9

1-281-09695-4

9786611096953

0-7546-8076-2

9781315245942

OCLC:

437113521