Criminal Profiling [electronic resource] : International Theory, Research, and Practice / edited by Richard N. Kocsis.

Profiling Crimes of Violence -- Homicidal Syndromes -- Offender Profiles and Crime Scene Patterns in Belgian Sexual Murders -- Profiling Sexual Fantasy -- Murder by Manual and Ligature Strangulation -- Criminal Propensity and Criminal Opportunity -- New Techniques and Applications -- Case Linkage -- Predicting Offender Profiles From Offense and Victim Characteristics -- Criminal Profiling in a Terrorism Context -- Geographic Profiling of Terrorist Attacks -- Legal and Policy Considerations for Criminal Profiling -- Criminal Profiling as Expert Evidence? -- Criminal Profiling -- The Phenomenon of Serial Murder and the Judicial Admission of Criminal Profiling in Italy -- Criminal Profiling and Public Policy -- The Observations of the French Judiciary -- The Image of Profiling -- Critiques and Conceptual Dimensions to Criminal Profiling -- Contemporary Problems in Criminal Profiling* -- Fine-Tuning Geographical Profiling -- Skills and Accuracy in Criminal Profiling* -- Investigative Experience and Profile Accuracy -- Schools of Thought Related to Criminal Profiling.

The technique commonly referred to as criminal profiling is one in which crime behaviours are evaluated to predict the likely attributes of an offender. In practice, the technique has enjoyed steady growth and interest over the past three decades. The present volume draws together research from scholars and practitioners from across the globe that examines from a range of multidisciplinary perspectives the use, application and value of this form of profiling. The material canvassed throughout this text not only examines research and theoretical principles for the assessment of crimes, but extends to exploring the range of issues facing the theoretical development of criminal profiling and its practical, legal and professional practice. Topics include the examination of homicidal syndromes, the association of crime scene behavior patterns with offender characteristics, criminal propensity and opportunity, the identification of crimes committed by the same offender, the legal admissibility of profiling, its accuracy, and the problems confronting the contemporary practice of criminal profiling. This volume is likely to become an essential reference for forensic practitioners and students alike operating in the fields of criminology, law and policing and anyone with a genuine interest in the investigation and resolution of violent crime.

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