Serial crime : theoretical and practical issues in behavioral profiling / Wayne Petherick, editor ; contributors, Wayne Petherick ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Petherick, Wayne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal behavior, Prediction of.

Criminal investigation--Psychological aspects.

Criminal investigation.

Recidivism.

Serial murder investigation.

Stalking.

Serial rape investigation.

Arson investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Burlington, MA : Academic Press/Elsevier, [2005], c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Behavioral Profiling successfully connects concepts and creates links to criminal behavior across crimes -murder, sexual assault, and arson- something no other book available does. The connection of serial behavior to profiling, the most useful tool in discovering behavior patterns, is new to the body of literature available and serves to examine the ideal manner in which profiling can be used in conjunction with psychology to positively affect criminal investigations.* Provides a theoretical and practical foundation for unders

Contents:

Criminal profiling : a continuing history

The nature of induction and deduction in criminal profiling

Criminal profiling methods

The fallacy of accuracy in criminal profiling

Criminal profiling as expert evidence

Where to from here?

Criminal profilers and the media : profiling the Beltway snipers

Serial stalking : looking for love in all the wrong places?

Serial rape : an investigative approach

Serial murder : a biopsychosocial approach

Serial arson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-75428-1

9786610754281

0-08-046854-3

OCLC:

476054930

Publisher Number:

9780120885121