Introduction To Offender Profiling: Analysing The Criminal Mind

Introduction to Offender Profiling Analysing the Criminal Mind This guide provides clear and concise information on central issues such as the origins of criminal profiling from the American Top Down Theories of Offenders behaviours and actions to the UKs Bottom Up Theories, it has its roots in FBI profiling methodology and limitations of profiling are also explained to the reader. If you are interested in criminal profiling and would like to learn more, An Introduction to Offender Profiling; analysing the Criminal Mind is the perfect place to start. Have you ever wondered how profilers profile offenders?, how they can gather so much information about a suspect from such things as the age and race and gender of the offender from the crime scene or victims. Offender Profiling providing a likely description of an offender based on an analysis of; - The Crime scene - The victim - Other available evidence Offender profiling does not solve crime or identify individuals, but it does provide a means of narrowing the range of potential suspects (Holmes & Holmes 1996)

Author: Teresa Clyne

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: May 13, 2016

Number of Pages: 114 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 153326841X

ISBN-13: 9781533268419