Profiling in Policy and Practice - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1840147822 ISBN 13 : 9781840147827

Editeur : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 1999

Synopsis

Analyzing the system of offender profiling, this book takes into consideration the quality and validity of the information on which police base their decisions, assessing the possibilities for detecting deception. The consistencies of a criminal's behaviour are also studied, with a look at the differences between one offender and another. Other questions asked include what form such groups take and the influence they have on trhe criminal's actions, the role of leaders in crimes or the socio-cultural processes of which they are a part. There are also imortant issues about the implications and use of any answers that may emerge from scientific studies of crimes and their investigation.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'Profilers' and 'Profiling' are now widely discussed, often with almost mythical respect. This is the first volume to cut through the confusions and misunderstandings surrounding this topic to report on detailed, original, scientific research that examines the variations in criminal behaviour from which any 'profile' must be derived. The studies included examine both early approaches to the field and the future problems and potential for an Investigative Psychology approach of offender profiling. This book will be of great value to all those who have been waiting for a scientific, psychological basis to police investigations. It will be read with interest by those who want to get behind the rhetoric and controversy that surrounds 'offender profiling' and require an up to date account of current research and recent discoveries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1840147822
• ISBN 13: 9781840147827
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Éditeur: Canter David V., Alison Laurence J.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible