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Criminal profiling : searching for suspects / Christine Honders.

By: Series: Crime scene investigationsPublisher: New York, NY, USA : Lucent Press, ©2018Description: 104 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781534561748 (library bound book)
  • 9781534562721 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.258 H75 2018 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8073.5 .H66 2018
Contents:
Introduction : criminal profiling: linking evidence, behavior, and crime -- The art of criminal profiling -- Crime scene analysis -- The victim's story -- Into the mind of the murderer -- Yours, truly guiltily.
Summary: Before police can solve a crime, they need to find their suspects. In especially difficult cases, law enforcement officials use criminal profiling to help catch their perpetrators. The science of criminal profiling combines forensics and psychology to understand the type of person who commits crimes. Through thoroughly-researched text, including informative quotes from experts in the field and statistical fact boxes, readers learn how profilers are able to use evidence to accurately determine an offender's age, motives, and state of mind. They also learn what to do to pursue a career in this field in the future.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Books Books College Library General Circulation Section FIL GC 363.258 H75 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available HNU000653

"Portions of this book originally appeared in Criminal Profiling by Jenny McKay." -- Title page

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : criminal profiling: linking evidence, behavior, and crime --
The art of criminal profiling --
Crime scene analysis --
The victim's story --
Into the mind of the murderer --
Yours, truly guiltily.

Before police can solve a crime, they need to find their suspects. In especially difficult cases, law enforcement officials use criminal profiling to help catch their perpetrators. The science of criminal profiling combines forensics and psychology to understand the type of person who commits crimes. Through thoroughly-researched text, including informative quotes from experts in the field and statistical fact boxes, readers learn how profilers are able to use evidence to accurately determine an offender's age, motives, and state of mind. They also learn what to do to pursue a career in this field in the future.

CAS Bachelor of Science in Criminology

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