Police and profiling in the United States : applying theory to criminal investigations /

There is currently a paradigm shift in criminology towards a cross-disciplinary understanding of behavior. Highlighting this trend, Police and Profiling in the US: Applying Theory to Criminal Investigations combines the experience of a criminal investigator and educator to provide law enforcment pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barrow, Lauren M., 1968-
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Rufo, Ron A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Criminal behavior, Prediction of > United States. Criminal profilers > United States. Profileurs (Personnes) > États-Unis. Criminal behavior, Prediction of Criminal profilers United States Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the authors
Introduction
Theoretical foundations
Logic and reasoning practices
Childhood indicators
Motives and criminal typologies
Sexually based offenses and motivated crimes
Serial and rage killers
Hero complex killers
Crime scene indicators and investigations
Geographic profiling
Victim selection characteristics
Conclusion.