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Serial Homicide : Profiling of Victims and Offenders for Policing / by Agnieszka Daniszewska.
Springer Nature - Springer Law and Criminology eBooks 2017 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daniszewska, Agnieszka., Author.
- Series:
- SpringerBriefs in Policing, 2194-6213
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminology.
- Forensic psychology.
- Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
- Forensic Psychology.
- Local Subjects:
- Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
- Forensic Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (99 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2017.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
- Summary:
- This Brief provides an overview and history of the definition of serial homicide, from the perspectives of psychology, medicine, criminology and forensics. It reviews research to provide a standard definition of serial homicide (as opposed to multiple or mass homicide), and provide insights on profiles of victims and offenders for police practitioners. It also includes a discussion of the media approach to covering serial homicide. The Brief is divided into four major sections covering: definitions and overview of serial homicide, profiling perpetrators according to different typologies, profiling victims, applied case studies, and recommendations for investigation and prevention. The author’s approach is aimed primarily at researchers in police studies, but will be of interest to researchers in related fields such as criminal justice, sociology, psychology, and public policy.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Phenomenon of Serial Murder
- Chapter 2: Perpetrators of Serial Murder from the Criminological Perspective. The Conditioning of Criminals, Motives for their Actions, Typology
- Chapter 3: Victims of Serial Murder. Cause and Effect in the Victim-Perpetrator Relationship
- Chapter 4: Case Studies of Famous Serial Killers
- Chapter 5: Prosecuting and Evidencing Crimes. Possible Measures to Counteract Serial Murder More Effectively
- Conclusion. .
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-319-40054-1
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