Special Issue of the Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling on Offender Consistency & Linking Serial Crime

✍ Scribed by C. Gabrielle Salfati

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 22 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1544-4759
• DOI: 10.1002/jip.61

✦ Synopsis

One of the key challenges for Investigative Psychology is to understand the processes of behavioural consistency and the ways in which offenders develop or change over time. This is fundamental to establishing the reliability and validity of any assessment of an offender's activities that may be drawn on for investigations, in particular in relation to linking serial crimes using empirical methods.

In recognition of important developments of the fi eld, original articles, including quantitative or qualitative studies, case studies, or careful critical reviews, dealing with any aspects of Investigative Psychology that have been or could be relevant to the consistency (or lack of it) of an offender's behavior across time are welcome. Those studies that indicate the operational effectiveness of linking crimes to a common offender will be especially welcome.