Overview

Now in its third edition, Criminal Profiling is an established text centered on the deductive profiling method developed by the author. Deductive profiling is different from other forms of profiling in that it does not involve averaged, statistical profiles. Instead it focuses on criminal profiling as an investigative process, solving real crime through an honest understanding of the nature and behavior of criminals. It approaches each criminal incident as its own universe of behaviors and relationships. Throughout the text, the author illustrates the most crucial tenet that any good criminal profiler should adhere to: the enthusiastic desire to investigate and examine the facts. With 35% new content, this edition contains cases in each chapter, along with the latest advances in evidence-based profiling. Additional information has been added covering topics such as mass homicide, as well as the timely inclusion of a chapter on terrorist profiling and interviewing. Criminal Profiling, Third Edition, is an ideal companion for students and professionals alike, including investigators, forensic scientists, criminologists, mental health professionals, and attorneys.Readers will use it as a comprehensive reference text, a handbook for evaluating physical evidence, a tool to bring new perspectives to cold cases, and as an aid in preparing for criminal trials. * Best-selling author Brent Turvey defines the deductive profiling method, which focuses on examining the nature and behavior of criminals in order to solve crimes * Contributing authors represent law enforcement, academic, mental health, and forensic science communities for a balanced perspective * Completely revised with 35% new material including updates on the latest advances in evidence-based profiling New to this edition * Entirely new cases in every chapter * New chapters in logic and reasoning * New chapter reviewing non-evidence based profiling methods * New chapter on mass homicide * New chapter on terrorist profiling and interviewing

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Author:   Brent E. Turvey (MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology; Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with Forensic Solutions, LLC, and The Forensic Criminology Institute, USA) ,  Brent E. Turvey (Forensic Solutions LLC, Sitka, AK; USA Director, The Institute of Forensic Investigation & Criminal Profiling, Aguascalientes, MX) ,  Brent E. Turvey (Forensic Solutions LLC, Sitka, AK; USA Director, The Institute of Forensic Investigation & Criminal Profiling, Aguascalientes, MX) ,  Brent E. Turvey (Forensic Solutions LLC, Sitka, AK; USA Director, The Institute of Forensic Investigation & Criminal Profiling, Aguascalientes, MX)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.064kg
ISBN:  

9780123741004

ISBN 10:   0123741009
Pages:   824
Publication Date:   18 April 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780123852434
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

A History of Criminal Profiling Criminal Profiling, The Scientific Method and Logic Nomothetic Methods of Criminal Profiling Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry, and Criminal Profiling Behavioral Evidence Analysis: An Ideo-Deductive Method of Criminal Profiling An Introduction to Crime Reconstruction Crime Scene Analysis Wound Pattern Analysis Staged Crime Scenes Criminal Motivation Case Linkage: Offender Modus Operandi & Signature Victimology False Reports The Psychological Autopsy Fire and Explosives: Behavioral Aspects Stalking Domestic Homicide Mass Homicide Introduction to Terrorism: Understanding and Interviewing Terrorists Offender Characteristics: Rendering the Profile Psychopathy and Sadism: Interpreting Psychopathic & Sadistic Behavior in the Crime Scene Sexual Asphyxia Serial Crime Cyberpatterns: Criminal Behavior on the Internet Criminal Profiling on Trial: The Admissibility of Criminal Profiling Evidence Ethics and the Criminal Profiler

Reviews

This textbook pulls together an impressive amount of substantive knowledge from a variety of disciplines in order to provide the reader with a foundation upon which to develop a mastery of the criminal profiling process. --Daniel Kennedy, PhD, Forensic CriminologistProfessor, University of Detroit Mercy in a pre-publication review of the third edition of Criminal Profiling The third edition of Criminal Profiling is sterling! --Stan Crowder, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State University, GA

Praise for the third edition: In the third edition of this very popular textbook, Brent Turvey clearly demonstrates that criminal profiling has established itself as a scientific endeavor rather than an exercise in investigative intuition. This textbook pulls together an impressive amount of substantive knowledge from a variety of disciplines in order to provide the reader with a foundation upon which to develop a mastery of the criminal profiling process. As Turvey demonstrates throughout the text, however, there are various methodological approaches to the practice of criminal profiling. Paramount among these, he argues, is the method known as Behavioral Evidence Analysis, which is described and illustrated in great detail throughout this remarkable book. --Daniel B. Kennedy, PhD, Forensic Criminologist, University of Detroit Mercy The third edition of Criminal Profiling is sterling! --Stan Crowder, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State University, GA Praise for the previous editions: This text documents the principles of proper criminal profiling and undertakes to establish definite criteria for professionalization...should be reviewed by anyone intent on becoming a professional criminal profiler. -AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY ...a thorough grounding in what is a relatively new field. This is more than a basic text and...should be required reading for all criminal investigators. -CRIME AND JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL ...an important contribution to the systematic study of the behavioural evidence linked to the perpetration of serious crimes...Brent Turvey's opus is a major and much needed step toward professionalism [of criminal profiling.] -THE EXPERT

This textbook pulls together an impressive amount of substantive knowledge from a variety of disciplines in order to provide the reader with a foundation upon which to develop a mastery of the criminal profiling process. --Daniel Kennedy, PhD, Forensic Criminologist Professor, University of Detroit Mercy in a pre-publication review of the third edition of Criminal Profiling The third edition of Criminal Profiling is sterling! --Stan Crowder, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Kennesaw State University, GA

Author Information

Brent Turvey, PhD is the author of Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions (1999, 2002, 2008, 2011); co- author of the Rape Investigation Handbook, 1st and 2nd Editions (2004, 2011), Crime Reconstruction 1st and 2nd Editions (2006, 2011), Forensic Victimology (2008) and Forensic Fraud (2013) - all with Elsevier Science. He hold an MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology. He is a full partner, Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with Forensic Solutions, LLC, and The Forensic Criminology Institute. Dr. Turvey also maintains a caseload of femicides (e.g., sexual homicides, gender motivated homicides), pre-femicidal violence, trafficking, and human rights cases in Latin America. Many of these are related to drug trafficking and human trafficking. This involves the implementation of the UN Model Protocol for Femicide Investigation in Latin America, with The Forensic Criminology Institute’s Behavioral Science Lab (BSL). In operation since 2019, the BSL collaborates with USAID, The United Nations, and The Attorney Generals Office in Bogota DC, providing international support and training to attorneys , investigators and forensic professionals.

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