Serial crime [[electronic resource] ] : theoretical and practical issues in behavioral profiling / / Wayne Petherick, editor ; contributors, Wayne Petherick ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Burlington, MA, : Academic Press/Elsevier, [2005], c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.3
• Soggetto topico: Criminal behavior, Prediction of; Criminal investigation - Psychological aspects; Recidivism; Serial murder investigation; Stalking; Serial rape investigation; Arson investigation
• Altri autori: PetherickWayne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Criminal profiling : a continuing history -- The nature of induction and deduction in criminal profiling -- Criminal profiling methods -- The fallacy of accuracy in criminal profiling -- Criminal profiling as expert evidence -- Where to from here? -- Criminal profilers and the media : profiling the Beltway snipers -- Serial stalking : looking for love in all the wrong places? -- Serial rape : an investigative approach -- Serial murder : a biopsychosocial approach -- Serial arson.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 unders
• Titolo autorizzato: Serial crime
• ISBN: 1-280-75428-1; 9786610754281; 0-08-046854-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784551403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II