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, profili...

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Main Author: Petherick, Wayne (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press c2014.
Waltham, MA : 2014.
Edition:3rd ed
Series:Gale eBooks
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798245606719
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Summary: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 crimina
Item Description:Revised edition of: Serial crime : theoretical and practical issues in behavioral profiling / Wayne Petherick, editor ; contributors, Wayne Petherick [and others]. 2nd ed.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxx, 449 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781283948296
9780124059016