Criminal Profiling

Now in its fourth 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, Fourth 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. Edited by Brent E. Turvey, Forensic Solutions LLC, Sitka, AK, USA Table of Contents: Foreword, 3rd Edition (Chisum) Foreword, 2nd Edition (online) (Thornton) Foreword, 1st Edition (online) (Saferstein) Preface, 4th Edition - Criminal Profiling: The Imperatives of Scientific Methodology and a Behavioral Science Education Preface, 3rd Edition - The Persistence of Faith Based Profiling Acknowledgments About the Authors SECTION 1 - An Introduction to Criminal Profiling 1. A History of Criminal Profiling (Turvey) 2. Criminal Profiling: Science, Logic, and Cognition (Petherick and Turvey) 3. Alternative Methods of Criminal Profiling (Petherick and Turvey) 4. Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry, and Criminal Profiling: The Mental Health Professional's Contribution to Criminal Profiling (McGrath and Torres) 5. An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis (Turvey) 6. An Introduction to Crime Scene Analysis (Turvey) SECTION 2 - Forensic Victimology 7. Forensic Victimology (Turvey and Freeman) 8. Sexual Deviance (Turvey) 9. Sexual Asphyxia (McGrath and Turvey) 10. False Reports (Turvey and McGrath) SECTION 3 - Crime Scene Analysis 11. An Introduction to Crime Reconstruction (Chisum and Turvey) 12. Crime Scene Characteristics (Turvey and Freeman) 13. Interpreting Motive (Freeman and Turvey) 14. Case Linkage (Turvey and Freeman) 15. Cyberpatterns: Criminal Behavior on the Internet (Casey) 16. Fire and Explosives: Behavioral Aspects (Turvey) SECTION 4 - Offender Characteristics 17. Inferring Offender Characteristics (Turvey) 18. Psychopathy and Sadism: Interpreting Psychopathic and Sadistic Behavior in the Crime Scene (Turvey) 19. Sex Crimes (Turvey) 20. Domestic Homicide (Turvey) 21. Mass Murder (Turvey) 22. Serial Cases: Investigating Pattern Crimes (Turvey) 23. Introduction to Terrorism: Understanding and Interviewing Terrorists (Turvey, Khader, Ang, Tan and Chin) Appendix: Threshold Assessment (Freeman) SECTION 5 - Professional Issues 24. Ethics and the Criminal Profiler (Turvey) 25. Criminal Profiling on Trial: The Admissibility of Criminal Profiling Evidence (Cooley) Glossary