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Criminal Psychology and Forensic Technology: A Collaborative Approach to Effective Profiling [Hardcover]

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November 29, 2000 0849323584 978-0849323584 1
Offender profiling has been developing slowly as a possible investigative tool since 1841 and the publication of Edgar Allen Poe's The Murder in the Rue Morgue. In this book, detective C. Auguste Dupin demonstrates the ability to follow the thought patterns of a companion while they stroll through Paris for 15 minutes without speaking a word. Today profiling is an important investigative tool. Nevertheless, it often represents a less than educated attempt to provide law enforcement agencies with detailed information about the behavior of an unknown individual who has committed a crime.

Criminal Psychology and Forensic Technology: A Collaborative Approach to Effective Profiling introduces alternative approaches to improving the way crimes are investigated and offender profiles are generated. It shows forensic evidence experts how to work with profilers to combine discrete data into a more meaningful picture. The contributors address both their own specialty, such as anthropology, and then demonstrate how working in conjunction with criminal psychologists can provide more effective offender profiles.

This book is unique in that it provides you with an array of articles that fuse aspects of criminal psychology and several forensic science methods in a collaborative effort to improve profiling. Written in a format that is simple and straightforward, it utilizes actual case studies to show how specific procedures relate to police investigations.

The only book on the market that shows a team approach to criminal profiling, Criminal Psychology and Forensic Technology: A Collaborative Approach to Effective Profiling is a reference perfect for students interested in learning criminal profiling techniques and professionals wishing to sharpen their skills. Whatever your reason for choosing this book, it will enlighten you about alternative investigative tools.

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  • Hardcover: 376 pages
  • Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (November 29, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0849323584
  • ISBN-13: 978-0849323584
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #346,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not at the price, March 19, 2001
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Pam Siegfried (Anchorage AK USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Criminal Psychology and Forensic Technology: A Collaborative Approach to Effective Profiling (Hardcover)
This book is NOT for the lay reader. You must have a grounding in statistical analysis to appreciate the research articles. Nonstatistical articles include a nice one on forensic archaelogy, three on ethics and two on cybercrime that essentially say there is a hacker subculture out there. The book has only one article with Godwin's four way classification scheme. A person who wants to learn that would be better off buying his other book (which I have not read). This book is a textbook and I've had much better textbooks. FYI Although I have taken many of the Justice and Paralegal courses at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, I have no background in law enforcement whatsoever.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Criminal Psychology and Forensic Technology: A Collaborative Apporach to Effective Profiling., September 4, 2005
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This is a scholarly written book filled with details,mapping charts, and excellent walk throughs of statistical analysis. This is a must read for anyone interested in the field of Forensic profiling. The writer also compiled an excellent reference section at the conclusion of each section of his writing. This book is well worth a reader's time.
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Forensic archaeology is defined in a United Kingdom context as the application of the principles and methods of the discipline of archaeology to locate and recover buried remains, and associated evidence, within the judicial framework. Read the first page
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