Now in its third edition, Criminal Profiling is established as an industry standard text. It moves evidence-based criminal profiling into a full embrace of the scientific method with respect to examining and interpreting behavioral evidence. If focuses on criminal profiling as an investigative and forensic process, helping to solve crime through an honest understanding of the nature and behavior of the most violent criminals. Throughout the text, the author outlines specific principles and practice standards for Behavioral Evidence Analysis, focusing on the application of theory and method to real cases.
Criminal Profiling, Third Edition, is an ideal companion for students and professionals alike, including investigators, forensic scientists, criminologists, mental health professionals, and attorneys. With contributing authors representing law enforcement, academic, mental health, and forensic science communities, it offers a balanced perspective not found in other books on this subject. Readers will use it as a comprehensive reference text, a handbook for evaluating physical evidence, a tool to bring new perspectives to cold cases, and as an aid in preparing for criminal trials.
1. CHAPTER 6 An Introduction to Crime Reconstruction - p. 155 2. CHAPTER 7 Crime Scene Analysis - p. 187 3. CHAPTER 8 Wound Pattern Analysis - p. 223 4. CHAPTER 9 Staged Crime Scenes - p. 241 5. CHAPTER 10 Criminal Motivation - p. 273 6. CHAPTER 11 Case Linkage: Offender Modus Operandi and Signature - p. 309 7. CHAPTER 12 Victimology - p. 357 8. CHAPTER 13 False Reports - p. 395 9. CHAPTER 14 The Psychological Autopsy - p. 419 10. CHAPTER 15 Fire and Explosives: Behavioral Aspects - p. 431 11. CHAPTER 16 Stalking - p. 449 12. CHAPTER 17 Domestic Homicide - p. 483 13. CHAPTER 18 Mass Homicide - p. 507 14. CHAPTER 19 Introduction to Terrorism: Understanding and Interviewing Terrorists - p. 523 15. CHAPTER 20 Offender Characteristics: Rendering the Profile - p. 539 16. CHAPTER 21 Psychopathy and Sadism: Interpreting Psychopathic and Sadistic Behavior in the Crime Scene - p. 569 17. CHAPTER 22 Sexual Asphyxia - p. 605 18. CHAPTER 23 Serial Crime - p. 629 19. CHAPTER 24 Cyberpatterns: Criminal Behavior on the Internet - p. 669 20. CHAPTER 25 Criminal Profiling on Trial: The Admissibility of Criminal Profiling Evidence - p. 689 21. CHAPTER 26 Ethics and the Criminal Profiler - p. 717 22. Back Matter - p. 754
Now in its third edition, Criminal Profiling is established as an industry standard text. It moves evidence-based criminal profiling into a full embrace of the scientific method with respect to examining and interpreting behavioral evidence. If focuses on criminal profiling as an investigative and forensic process, helping to solve crime through an honest understanding of the nature and behavior of the most violent criminals. Throughout the text, the author outlines specific principles and practice standards for Behavioral Evidence Analysis, focusing on the application of theory and method to real cases.
Criminal Profiling, Third Edition, is an ideal companion for students and professionals alike, including investigators, forensic scientists, criminologists, mental health professionals, and attorneys. With contributing authors representing law enforcement, academic, mental health, and forensic science communities, it offers a balanced perspective not found in other books on this subject. Readers will use it as a comprehensive reference text, a handbook for evaluating physical evidence, a tool to bring new perspectives to cold cases, and as an aid in preparing for criminal trials.
1. CHAPTER 6 An Introduction to Crime Reconstruction - p. 155 2. CHAPTER 7 Crime Scene Analysis - p. 187 3. CHAPTER 8 Wound Pattern Analysis - p. 223 4. CHAPTER 9 Staged Crime Scenes - p. 241 5. CHAPTER 10 Criminal Motivation - p. 273 6. CHAPTER 11 Case Linkage: Offender Modus Operandi and Signature - p. 309 7. CHAPTER 12 Victimology - p. 357 8. CHAPTER 13 False Reports - p. 395 9. CHAPTER 14 The Psychological Autopsy - p. 419 10. CHAPTER 15 Fire and Explosives: Behavioral Aspects - p. 431 11. CHAPTER 16 Stalking - p. 449 12. CHAPTER 17 Domestic Homicide - p. 483 13. CHAPTER 18 Mass Homicide - p. 507 14. CHAPTER 19 Introduction to Terrorism: Understanding and Interviewing Terrorists - p. 523 15. CHAPTER 20 Offender Characteristics: Rendering the Profile - p. 539 16. CHAPTER 21 Psychopathy and Sadism: Interpreting Psychopathic and Sadistic Behavior in the Crime Scene - p. 569 17. CHAPTER 22 Sexual Asphyxia - p. 605 18. CHAPTER 23 Serial Crime - p. 629 19. CHAPTER 24 Cyberpatterns: Criminal Behavior on the Internet - p. 669 20. CHAPTER 25 Criminal Profiling on Trial: The Admissibility of Criminal Profiling Evidence - p. 689 21. CHAPTER 26 Ethics and the Criminal Profiler - p. 717 22. Back Matter - p. 754
