Criminal Homicide
Murder and Its Investigation
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 26. January 2015
Book
Hardback
212 pages
978-0-8493-0896-3 (ISBN)
Description
Serial murder isn't the most serious issue in law enforcement today. It's the fight that erupts in a bar, the gratuitous murder committed during a quick-stop grocery robbery, the drive-by shooting that is of the greatest concern because murder like this makes up by far the greatest number of homicides every year.
This work details how most stranger killers commit their crimes and the factors that lead to their arrest. It draws upon fifty years of investigative and research experience of the authors, on popular and academic literature on murder, and most unique, comprehensive individual case-level data from the Homicide Investigation and Tracking System on every solved and unsolved murder committed since 1980 in the states of Washington and Oregon.
Written by investigative experts, one a seasoned homicide investigator, the other an experienced criminologist, the book breaks new ground in the study of murder and its investigation and shares new, provocative findings. It includes actual murder cases in each chapter to capture real life experiences associated with different aspects of stranger murder.
This work details how most stranger killers commit their crimes and the factors that lead to their arrest. It draws upon fifty years of investigative and research experience of the authors, on popular and academic literature on murder, and most unique, comprehensive individual case-level data from the Homicide Investigation and Tracking System on every solved and unsolved murder committed since 1980 in the states of Washington and Oregon.
Written by investigative experts, one a seasoned homicide investigator, the other an experienced criminologist, the book breaks new ground in the study of murder and its investigation and shares new, provocative findings. It includes actual murder cases in each chapter to capture real life experiences associated with different aspects of stranger murder.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional
Illustrations
20 s/w Abbildungen
20 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-0896-3 (9780849308963)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Ph.D., University of New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Content
Introduction. A Couple Vanishes: A Missing Persons Report. A Body is Found: A Murder Investigation Begins. Another Body is Found: A Mass Murder. Luck of Persistence: A Major Break in the Case. Serial Killers. Solitary Stranger Murder. Profiles of the Stranger Killer.