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Author Turvey, Brent E

Title Criminal Profiling : an Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis
Edition 4th ed
Published Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (728 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Criminal Profiling An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to the Third Edition; Preface to the Fourth Edition Criminal Profiling: The Imperatives of Scientific Methodology and a Behavioral Science Educatio; Preface to the Third Edition The Persistence of Faith-Based Profiling; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Section 1: An Introduction to Criminal Profiling; Section 2: Forensic Victimology; Section 3: Crime Scene Analysis; Section 4:Offender Characteristics; Section 5: Professional Issues; Glossary; Index
Summary Now in its fourth edition, Criminal Profiling is an established text centered on the deductive profiling method developed by the author. Deductive profiling is different from other forms of profiling in that it does not involve averaged, statistical profiles. Instead it focuses on criminal profiling as an investigative process, solving real crime through an honest understanding of the nature and behavior of criminals. It approaches each criminal incident as its own universe of behaviors and relationships. Throughout the text, the author illustrates the most crucial tenet that any good criminal
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Subject Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- Psychological aspects
Criminal investigation.
Criminal investigation
Criminal behavior, Prediction of
Criminal investigation -- Psychological aspects
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780123852441
0123852447