Profiling and serial crime : theoretical and practical issues /

This book illustrates the promise, purposes, and pitfalls of behavioral profiling in the investigation of serial crime, and provides a theoretical and practical foundation for students. It examines inductive and deductive reasoning, profiling methods (including geographic profiling), metacognition,...

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Main Authors: Petherick, Wayne
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Published: Anderson,
Publisher Address: [Cincinnati, Ohio] :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781455731749
Summary: This book illustrates the promise, purposes, and pitfalls of behavioral profiling in the investigation of serial crime, and provides a theoretical and practical foundation for students. It examines inductive and deductive reasoning, profiling methods (including geographic profiling), metacognition, expert evidence, and serial crime in detail, including cyber-bullying, stalking, rape, murder, and arson.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxx, 449 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 0124059015
9780124059016
128394829X
9781283948296
Index Number: HV6080
CLC: D917
Contents: Part I. Profiling -- part II. Serial crime.