Crime linkage : theory, research, and practice /

The increasing portrayal of forensic investigative techniques in the popular media-CSI, for example, has resulted in criminals becoming ""forensically aware"" and more careful about leaving behind physical evidence at a crime scene. This presents law enforcement with a significan...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Woodhams, Jessica (Editor), Bennell, Craig (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2015]
Series:	Advances in police theory and practice series.
Subjects:	Criminal behavior. Criminal methods. Crime analysis. Criminal behavior, Prediction of. Criminal investigation. Modus operandi (Criminologie) Criminalité > Analyse. Enquêtes criminelles. Crime analysis Criminal behavior Criminal behavior, Prediction of Criminal investigation Criminal methods Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction : time to consolidate and reflect / Jessica Woodhams and Craig Bennell
2. Consistency and distinctiveness of criminal behavior / Jessica Woodhams and Craig Bennell
3. Sex crime linkage : sexual fantasy and offense plasticity / Dion Gee and Aleksandra Belofastov
4. The effect of mental disorder on crime scene behavior, its consistency, and variability / Jessica Woodhams and Kinga Komarzynska
5. Linking crimes with spatial behavior : a need to tackle some remaining methodological concerns / Brent Snook, Kirk Luther, and Sarah Macdonald
6. Testing the theories underpinning crime linkage / Matthew Tonkin
7. A cross-national comparison of behavioral consistency in serial homicide / C. Gabrielle Salfati
8. A practitioner's perspective : theory, practice, and research / Lee Rainbow
9. The use of linkage analysis evidence in serial offense trials / Gérard Labuschagne
10. Crime linkage as expert evidence : making a case for the / Daubert standard / Tom Pakkanen, Pekka Santtila, and Dario Bosco
11. The ability of human judges to link crimes using behavioral information : current knowledge and unresolved issues / Rebecca Mugford and Melissa Martineau
12. Extending crime linkage to versatile offenders / Matthew Tonkin
13. Exploring if (situation) ... then (behavior) contingencies in interpersonal crimes / Jan M. Winter
14. Informing practice : research methods in crime linkage analysis / Craig Bennell, Alasdair M. Goodwill, and Annie Chinneck
15. Crime linkage research : where to from here? / Craig Bennell and Jessica Woodhams.