Serial Offenders: Theory and Practice
Theory and Practice
Will be published approx. on 13. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
978-0-7637-7730-2 (ISBN)
Description
Identifying crimes and classifying them as serial murders is the first step towards determining who the offender is and what his or her motives and actions were. Serial Offenders: Theory and Practice explores the act of criminal profiling and the effective methods of case analysis and linkage. Intriguing case studies are used to thoroughly examine the behavioral aspects of serial homicide and the investigative issues that criminal justice professionals face. Readers will learn how to build hypotheses, construct timelines, and develop suspect lists. Successful interview and interrogation skills and methods are also covered.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sudbury
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7637-7730-2 (9780763777302)
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Kevin Borgeson, PhD,'is Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Salem State University, Salem, MA, where he teaches courses in crime scene investigation, profiling, and bias crimes. Borgeson's work has appeared in Journal of Applied Sociology, Michigan Sociological Review, and American Behavioral Sciences.
Kristen Kuehnle, Ed.D,'is Professor of Crinimal Justice at Salem State University. Kuehnle has taught classes in Legal Anthropology, Women and Criminal Justice System, and Rehabilitation of the Offender.' Her past research interests have been on domestic battering in same sex relationships and bias crimes.' Prior to coming to Salem State College, Professor Kuehnle was a clinical psychologist at Mass General Hospital.
Kristen Kuehnle, Ed.D,'is Professor of Crinimal Justice at Salem State University. Kuehnle has taught classes in Legal Anthropology, Women and Criminal Justice System, and Rehabilitation of the Offender.' Her past research interests have been on domestic battering in same sex relationships and bias crimes.' Prior to coming to Salem State College, Professor Kuehnle was a clinical psychologist at Mass General Hospital.