Serial Offenders: Theory and Practice - Theory & Practice

Informationen zum Autor Kevin Borgeson, PhD, 'is Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Salem State University, Salem, MA, where he teaches courses in crime scene investigation, profiling, and bias crimes. Borgeson's work has appeared in Journal of Applied Sociology, Michigan Sociological Review, and American Behavioral Sciences. Klappentext Identifying crimes and classifying them as serial murders is the first step towards determining who the offender is and what his or her motives and actions were. Serial Offenders: Theory and Practice explores the act of criminal profiling and the effective methods of case analysis and linkage. Intriguing case studies are used to thoroughly examine the behavioral aspects of serial homicide and the investigative issues that criminal justice professionals face. Readers will learn how to build hypotheses, construct timelines, and develop suspect lists. Successful interview and interrogation skills and methods are also covered.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Kevin Borgeson, Kevin Borgeson, Kevin Kuehnle Borgeson, Kristen Kuehnle
• Assisted by: Kevin Borgeson (Editor), Kristen Kuehnle (Editor)
• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2010
• EAN: 9780763777302
• ISBN: 978-0-7637-7730-2
• No. of pages: 316
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous