Written by a leading expert on the subject, the Second Edition of Hunting Serial Predators describes the empirical process used to analyze serial murderers' crime scene actions, making it possible to form logical decisions about how to detect and apprehend serial killers. In this new edition, Dr. Maurice Godwin provides the reader with a model of the crime scene actions of American serial murderers based on information available to a police inquiry; an overview of the related scientific knowledge, introducing a new method to classify the serial predator; and accounts of the process and difficulties of profiling the serial murderer. By presenting a classification model of serial murderers and their crime scene behaviors based on empirical and repeatable studies, this book makes significant advances in the areas of police investigations, etiology, and treatment possible.
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Excellent book, the content shows the investigation work in the area, with a particular proposal to understand the serial murderer's behavior.
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This scholarly work is a scientific examination of serial predators, I believe on the level of a an upper-level class in sociology. I say believe, because I felt I lacked a prerequisite class or two that would have helped me to comprehend the analytical methods employed.However, that academic approach underscores that this is a serious work written by an accomplished author and expert in criminology, G. Maurice Godwin. Despite my difficulties following some of the reasoning in the work, I gave it five stars (my limitations are my problem, not the author's) because hidden amongst the charts are case study histories, crammed with detail and information about the lives of actual serial killers--information a mystery/thriller writer can use. There is also a useful index to find specific facts about serial killers in general. Barbara Sullivan, author of Unraveling Ada and Ripping Abigail. Hunting Serial Predators 2 Edition
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Motives for serial murder have typically been classified within one of four broad explanatory frameworks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
facet theory, smallest space analysis, crime scene behaviors, sex postmortem, ritualistic activity, retained trophies, victim drugged, dismemberment postmortem, sex offenses, attempted sexual assault, guttman scale, used pornography, cognitive object, victim gagged, individual item plots, main item plots, last murder series, last offense series, crime scene behavior, crime scene actions, behavioral organizational facet, serial murder offenses, first offense series, first murder series, serial murder literature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Police Investigations, United States, Coefficient of Alienation, Forced Entry, Elements of Crime Scene Behavior, Descriptive Statistics, Restraint Found, North Carolina, Weapon Recovered, Offenders Numbers, Utility of Extant Serial Murderer Classifications, San Francisco, Ted Bundy, John Williams, Body Posed, Offenders Figure, Middle Murders, Sex Organs Assaulted, Law Enforcement Bulletin, Clothing Scattered, Tortured Victim, David Carpenter, Victims Bound, Object Found Inserted Browse Sample Pages:
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Motives for serial murder have typically been classified within one of four broad explanatory frameworks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
facet theory, smallest space analysis, crime scene behaviors, sex postmortem, ritualistic activity, retained trophies, victim drugged, dismemberment postmortem, sex offenses, attempted sexual assault, guttman scale, used pornography, cognitive object, victim gagged, individual item plots, main item plots, last murder series, last offense series, crime scene behavior, crime scene actions, behavioral organizational facet, serial murder offenses, first offense series, first murder series, serial murder literature Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Police Investigations, United States, Coefficient of Alienation, Forced Entry, Elements of Crime Scene Behavior, Descriptive Statistics, Restraint Found, North Carolina, Weapon Recovered, Offenders Numbers, Utility of Extant Serial Murderer Classifications, San Francisco, Ted Bundy, John Williams, Body Posed, Offenders Figure, Middle Murders, Sex Organs Assaulted, Law Enforcement Bulletin, Clothing Scattered, Tortured Victim, David Carpenter, Victims Bound, Object Found Inserted Browse Sample Pages:
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- Criminal Psychology and Forensic Technology: A Collaborative Approach to Effective Profiling by Grover Maurice Godwin on 5 pages
- The New Urban Park: Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Civic Environmentalism by Hal K. Rothman in Back Matter
- Juvenile Sexual Homicide by Wade C. Myers on page 45
- The Forensic Science of C.S.I. by Katherine M. Ramsland in Back Matter
- The Human Predator: A Historical Chronicle of Serial Murder and Forensic Investigation by Katherine Ramsland in Back Matter
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