Profiling and serial crime : theoretical and practical issues / Wayne Petherick.

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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Main Author: Petherick, Wayne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Cincinnati, Ohio] : Anderson, ©2014.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Online Access:Click for online access
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxx, 449 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0124059015
9780124059016
128394829X
9781283948296