Criminal Profiling (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, renowned profiler Dr. Richard Kocsis presents a distinct approach to profiling called Crime Action Profiling or CAP. The volume explains the scope and methodology employed in the studies that the author has undertaken over the past decade and a half. CAP adopts the view that profiling essentially represents a psychological technique that has its foundations in the disciplinary knowledge of forensic psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Erscheinungstermin: 30.06.2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603271462
• Artikelnr.: 37351200

Autorenporträt

Richard N. Kocsis, University of Sydney, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication

Preface

List of Contributors

Table of Contents

Section (I) Profiling crimes of violence

1/ Homicidal syndromes: A clinical psychiatric perspective.
George B. Palermo
2/ Offender profiles and crime scene patterns in Belgian sexual murders.
Fanny Gerard, Christian Mormont and Richard N. Kocsis

3/ Profiling sexual fantasy: Fantasy in sexual offending and the implications for criminal profiling.
Dion Gee and Aleksandra Belofastov

4/ Murder by manual and ligature strangulation: Profiling crime scene behaviors and offender characteristics.
HelinS HSkkSnen

5/ Criminal propensity and criminal opportunity: An investigation of crime scene behavior of sexual aggressors of women.
Eric Beauregard, Patrick Lussier and Jean Proulx

Section (II) New techniques and applications

6/ Case linkage: Identifying crimes committed by the same offender.
Jessica Woodhams, Ray Bull and Clive R. Hollin

7/ Predicting offender profiles from offense and victim characteristics.
David P. Farrington and Sandra Lambert

8/ Criminal profiling in a terrorism context.
Geoff Dean

9/ Geographic profiling of terrorist attacks.
Craig Bennell and Shevaun Corey

Section (III) Legal and policy considerations to criminal profiling

10/ Criminal profiling as expert evidence: An international case law perspective.
Caroline B. Meyer

11/ Criminal profiling: Impact on mock juror decision making and implications for admissibility.
Anne Marie R. Paclebar, Bryan Myers and Jocelyn Brineman

12/ The phenomenon of serial murder and the judicial admission of criminal profiling in Italy.
Anglo Zappalá and Dario Bosco

13/ Criminal profiling and public policy.
Jeffrey B. Bumgarner

14/ The observations of the French judiciary: A critique of the French Ministry of Justice policy report into criminal analysis.
LaurentMontet
15/ The image of profiling: Media treatment and general impressions.
James S. Herndon

Section (IV) Critiques and conceptual dimensions to criminal profiling

16/ Contemporary problems facing criminal profiling.
Richard N. Kocsis and George B. Palermo

17/ Fine-Tuning geographical profiling.
Jasper J. van der Kemp and Peter J. van Koppen

18/ Skills and accuracy in criminal profiling.
Richard N. Kocsis

19/ Investigative experience and profile accuracy: A replication study.
David Gogan

20/ Ideological schools of thought to criminal profiling.
Richard N. Kocsis

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"Criminal Profiling: International Theory, Research and Practice, is a compilation of scholarly works by some 30 contributors from around the globe. ... The book contains a mix of both interesting and insightful chapters ... . this book may be of interest to those looking for international grounding or to academics looking for avenues for future research. Richard Kocsis should be commended on his continued efforts to lend scientific rigour to a field that is often a difficult research subject." (Melissa Martineau, Canadian Society of Forensic Science, May, 2008)

"Richard Kocsis presents us with a balanced, thoughtful, and insightful collection of papers dealing with the state of the art in criminal profiling at this point in time, along with suggestions about where future research needs to go. ... In summary, this is a very intriguing and thoughtful book that has some excellent and very thought-provoking chapters. ... this book is an excellent contribution to what is often a very misrepresented field." (David L. Shapiro, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 53 (15), 2008)

"This book describes criminal profiling from the perspective of authors from many different countries. ... The book is intended as a reference for forensic scientists, consultant forensic psychologists, and students. ... deals with a broad spectrum of issues in the field of criminal profiling from an international perspective. It is full of research that links theory to practice. ... is really for serious students of criminology. ... enhanced by the contributions of authors from many different countries, providing cross-cultural comparisons." (Gary B Kaniuk, Doody's Review Service, November, 2007)