Offender profiling and crime analysis
β Scribed by Ainsworth, Peter B
- Publisher
- Willan
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 208
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: 1. Offender profiling : separating myth from reality --
2. Criminal behaviour and its motivation --
3. Environmental influences and patterns of offending --
4. Problems and pitfalls in the gathering of data --
5. Crime mapping and geographical profiling --
6. Early approaches to profiling --
7. Investigative psychology and the work of David Canter --
8. Clinical and other approaches --
9. Current developments and future prospects.
β¦ Subjects
Criminal behavior, Prediction of.;PreΜdiction du comportement criminel.;SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.;Misdrijven.;Analyse (algemeen);Daders.;Profielen (techniek)
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