Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Behavioral Profiling

by Wayne Petherick

Book Overview

Serial Crime, Second Edition, examines serial predatory behavior and is divided into two main parts. Part one deals with behavioral profiling, and covers a variety of critical issues from the history of profiling and the theoretical schools of thought to its treatment in the mainstream media. This updated edition includes new sections on the problems of induction, metacognition in criminal profiling, and investigative relevance. Part two deals more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0123749980
• ISBN13: 9780123749987
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.3"