Profiling in Policy and Practice

Zusatztext 'This book is a must for aspiring forensic psychologists.' Science and Justice '...contains a number of interesting chapters outlining a diverse range of new areas of investigative psychology.' Forensic Update Informationen zum Autor David Canter, Laurence Alison Zusammenfassung 'Profilers' and 'Profiling' are now widely discussed, with almost mythical respect. This is the first volume to cut through the confusions and misunderstandings surrounding this topic to report on detailed, original, scientific research that examines the variations in criminal behaviour from which any 'profile' must be derived. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Profiling in policy and practice! Laurence Alison and David Canter; Professional! legal and ethical issues in offender profiling! Laurence Alison and David Canter; Mobsters are human too! Petrus van Duyne; Social science perspectives on the analysis of investigative interviews! Nigel Fielding; False allegations of child sexual abuse! Ray Aldridge-Morris; Equivocal death! David Canter; Approaches to the scientific attribution of authorship! Joy P. Aked! David Canter! Anthony J. Sanford and Nichola Smith; Psychologists as expert witnesses! Kathleen Cox; Criminal profiling: trial by judge and jury! not criminal psychologist! David Ormerod.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Laurence Alison, Alison Laurence, David Canter, David Alison Canter
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.11.2016
• EAN: 9781138276765
• ISBN: 978-1-138-27676-5
• Pagine: 274
• Serie: Offender Profiling Series
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia applicata; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Criminal investigation & detection, Criminal investigation and detection, Offenders