Criminal Profiling 5th Edition - An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis

Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, Fifth Edition, maintains the same core foundation that made previous editions best sellers in the professional and academic community worldwide. Written for practicing behavioral analysts and aspiring students alike, this work emphasizes an honest understanding of crime and criminals. Newly updated, mechanisms for the examination and classification of both victim and offender behavior have been improved. In addition to refined approaches toward international perspectives, chapters on psychological autopsies, scene investigation reconstruction, court issues and racial profiling have also been added.

List of contents

Section 1: An Intro to Criminal Profiling
1. A History of Criminal Profiling
2. Criminal Profiling: Science, Logic, and Cognition
3. Alternative Methods of Criminal Profiling
4. Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry and Criminal Profiling
5. Applied Behavioral Evidence Analysis: International Perspectives

Section 2: Forensic Victimology
6. Forensic Victimology
7. Sexual Deviance
8. Sexual Asphyxia
9. False Allegations
10. Psychological Autopsies

Section 3: Crime Scene Analysis
11. Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction
12. Crime Scene Analysis
13. Crime Scene Characteristics
14. Cyberpatterns: Criminal Behavior on the Internet
15. Fire and Explosives: Behavioral Aspects
16. Case Linkage

Section 4: Offender Characteristics
17. Interpreting Offender Motive
18. Psychopathic and Sadistic Behavior at the Crime Scene
19. Offender Characteristics: Rendering a Criminal Profile
20. Examining Mass Homicide
21. Serial Cases
22. An Introduction to Terrorism

Section 5: Professional Issues
23. Criminal Profiling in Court
24. Criminal Profiling: Post-Graduate Education and Certification
25. Criminal Profiling: Ethical Standards and Practice
26. Racial Profiling

Product details

• Authors: Brent E Turvey, Brent E. Turvey, Brent E. (MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology. He is a full partner Turvey, Brent E. (MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology; Forensic Scientist Turvey, Turvey Brent E.
• Assisted by: Brent (Forensic Solutions LLC Turvey (Editor), Brent E. Turvey (Editor), Brent E. (Forensic Solutions LLC Turvey (Editor), Brent E. (MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology. He is a full partner Turvey (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9780128155837
• ISBN: 978-0-12-815583-7
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 243 mm x 45 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Forensic Science, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology