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A completely revised and updated edition of an excellent text on behavioral profiling and serial crime.

Table of Contents

PART I: CRIMINAL PROFILING

Chapter 1: Criminal Profiling: A Continuing History by Gareth Norris

Chapter 2: Induction and Deduction in Criminal Profiling by Wayne Petherick

Chapter 3: Behavioural Consistency, The Homology Assumption, and the Problems of Induction by Wayne Petherick and Claire Ferguson

Chapter 4: Criminal Profiling Methods by Wayne Petherick

Chapter 5: Geographic Profiling - From Maps and Pins to GIS by Gareth Norris NEW

Chapter 6: The Fallacy of Accuracy in Criminal Profiling by Wayne Petherick

Chapter 7: Case Linkage by Michael McGrath NEW

Chapter 8: Staged Crime Scenes by Claire Ferguson NEW

Chapter 9: Investigative Relevance by Claire Ferguson

Chapter 10: Metacognition in Criminal Profiling by Barry Woodhouse and Wayne Petherick

Chapter 11: Criminal Profiling as Expert Evidence by Wayne Petherick, David Field, Andrew Lowe and Elizabeth Fry

Chapter 12: Where to From Here by Wayne Petherick

PART II: SERIAL CRIME

Chapter 13: Serial Harassment and Bullying by Wayne Petherick and Yolande Huntingdon NEW

Chapter 14: Serial Stalking: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places by Wayne Petherick

Chapter 15: Serial Rape, Alicia Jenkins and Wayne Petherick New replacement chapter

Chapter 16: Understanding Serial Sexual Murder: A Biopsychsocial Approach by Robert J Homant and Daniel B Kennedy

Chapter 17: Serial Arson by Ross Brogan New replacement chapter

Chapter 18: Motivations: The Offender's Perspective by Wayne Petherick and Grant Sinnamon NEW

Chapter 19: Motivations: The Victim's Perspective by Wayne Petherick and Grant Sinnamon NEW

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About the Author

Wayne Petherick, PhD, is Associate Professor of Criminology at Bond University on Australia's Gold Coast. Here Wayne teaches Criminal Profiling, Behavioral Evidence Analysis, Criminal Motivations, Forensic Criminology and Crime and Deviance, among other subjects. He also consults to private clients on matters of risk and threat, stalking, miscarriages of justice and crime prevention.

Reviews

"The third edition…illustrates the promise, purposes and pitfalls of behavioral profiling in the investigation of serial crime, and provides a theoretical and practical foundation for students…This edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to reflect the latest research in criminal profiling and serial crime. Specific updates include six all-new chapters including serial harassment and cyber-bullying and the motivations of victim and offender…" --The Journal, Fall/Winter 2013

"The first part of this textbook on serial crime and behavioral profiling treats the history, theory, underlying assumptions, and methods of behavioral profiling, paying attention to controversies over the accuracy of behavioral profiling. Part 2 gathers chapters devoted to various types of serial crime, such as stalking, murder, and arson…this third edition contains five new chapters on harassment, bullying, staging, case linkage, and motivation." --Reference and Research Book News, December 2013