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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Published: |
Anderson,
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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. |