Profiling and serial crime: theoretical and practical issues

The third edition of Profiling and Serial Crime illustrates the promise, purposes, and pitfalls of behavioral profiling in the investigation of serial crime, and provides a theoretical and practical foundation for students. Part one, on profiling, examines inductive and deductive reasoning, profiling methods (including geographic profiling), metacognition, expert evidence, and more. Part two examines serial crime in detail, including cyber-bullying, stalking, rape, murder, and arson. This edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to reflect the latest research in criminal profiling and serial crime. Specific updates include six all-new chapters, including serial harassment and cyber-bullying and the motivations of victim and offender, and two replacement chapters on serial rape and serial arson. Provides a theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the motivation and dynamics in a range of serial offensesAncillary online materials for instructors and students, including lecture slides, test bank and case studies Numerous case examples show the real world uses of behavioral profiling in investigations.

Front Cover -- Profiling and Serial Crime -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same -- Digital Assets -- For the Instructor -- For the Student -- About the Authors -- Wayne Petherick, PhD -- Ross Brogan, MA (Fire Investigation) -- Nathan Brooks, GradDip Psych, MPsych (Forensic), BPsychSc -- Claire Ferguson, PhD -- Elizabeth Fry, MCrim -- David Field, LLB -- Robert Homant, PhD -- Yolande Huntingdon, BSocSci (Criminology) -- Alicia Jenkins BPsychSci (Hons), PhD Candidate -- Daniel B. Kennedy, PhD -- Andrew Lowe, BSocSci (Criminology).

Michael McGrath, MD -- Gareth Norris, PhD -- Grant Sinnamon, BPsych (Hons), PhD (Candidate) -- Barry Woodhouse MPsych (Forensic) -- I. Profiling -- 1 The Evolution of Criminal Profiling: From Whitechapel to Quantico and Beyond -- Introduction -- Early Beginnings -- James Brussel and Forensic Psychiatry -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Crime Scene Analysis -- David Canter and Investigative Psychology -- Kim Rossmo and Geographic Profiling -- Brent Turvey and Behavioral Evidence Analysis -- Conclusion -- Questions -- References -- 2 Induction and Deduction in Criminal Profiling.

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