Profiling and serial crime: theoretical and practical issues

This book illustrates the promise, purposes, and pitfalls of behavioural profiling in the investigation of serial crime and provides a theoretical and practical foundation for students. Part I, on profiling, examines the history, crucial issues, methods, theory, and treatment in the mainstream media. Part II examines serial crime in detail, including cyber-bullying, stalking, rape, murder, and arson. In addition to the new and replacement chapters, this edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to reflect the latest research in criminal profiling and serial crime. New to this Edition: six all-new chapters, including serial harassment and cyber-bullying and the motivations of victim and offender; two replacement chapters on serial rape and serial arson; fully updated throughout to reflect the latest research; enhanced pedagogy to keep students focused on what's important; and new ancillary materials for both instructor and student. Features: 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 behavioural profiling in the investigation of various serial crimes; and numerous case examples show the real world uses of behavioural profiling in investigations, as well as highlighting a variety of issues in understanding and investigating serial crime.

Revised edition of: Serial crime : theoretical and practical issues in behavioral profiling / Wayne Petherick, editor ; contributors, Wayne Petherick [and others]. 2nd ed.

Profiling. 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 -- Induction and deduction in criminal profiling -- Behavioral consistency, the homology assumption, and the problems of induction -- Criminal profiling methods -- Georaphical profiling: from pins in maps to GIS -- The fallacy of accuracy -- Offender signature and case linkage -- Staged crime scenes-literature and types -- Investigative relevance -- Metacognition in criminal profiling -- Criminal profiling as expert evidence -- Where to from here? -- Serial crime. Serial harassment and bullying -- Serial stalking: looking for love in all the wrong places? -- Serial rape -- Understanding serial sexual murder: a biopsychosocial approach -- Serial arson -- Motivations: offender and victim perspectives.