Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Behavioral Profiling successfully connects concepts and creates links to criminal behavior across crimes -murder, sexual assault, and arson- something no other book available does. The connection of serial behavior to profiling, the most useful tool in discovering behavior patterns, is new to the body of literature available and serves to examine the ideal manner in which profiling can be used in conjunction with psychology to positively affect criminal investigations. * Provides a theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the motivation and dynamics in a range of serial offenses* Illustrates the promise, purposes and pitfalls of behavioral profiling in the investigation of various serial crimes* Case examples offer real-world uses of behavioral profiling in investigations, and highlight a variety of issues in understanding and investigating serial crime
Author(s): Wayne Petherick
Edition: 1
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 280
0120885123......Page 1
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 12
PREFACE......Page 14
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 18
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 22
CHAPTER 1 CRIMINAL PROFILING: A CONTINUING HISTORY......Page 26
CHAPTER 2 THE NATURE OF INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION
IN CRIMINAL PROFILING......Page 40
CHAPTER 3 CRIMINAL PROFILING METHODS......Page 56
CHAPTER 4 THE FALLACY OF ACCURACY IN CRIMINAL
PROFILING......Page 78
CHAPTER 5 CRIMINAL PROFILING AS EXPERT EVIDENCE......Page 92
CHAPTER 6 WHERE TO FROM HERE?......Page 124
CHAPTER 7 CRIMINAL PROFILERS AND THE MEDIA:
PROFILING THE BELTWAY SNIPERS......Page 138
CHAPTER 8 SERIAL STALKING: LOOKING FOR LOVE
IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES?......Page 162
CHAPTER 9 SERIAL RAPE: AN INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH......Page 186
CHAPTER 10 SERIAL MURDER: A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH......Page 214
CHAPTER 11 SERIAL ARSON......Page 250
INDEX......Page 272
