Profiling Violent Crime

Donna Youngs (Autor)

David Canter (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2026
Ashgate Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-84014-495-6 (ISBN)

Infos

An exploration of the psychological processes underlying rape and murder. Recent findings concerning serial killing, rape and murder are examined, and the studies have important implications for understanding the experiences of victims, varieties of offender and the conduct of investigations.

Inhalt

Contents: Introduction: Profiling rape and murder, David Canter and Laurence Alison; A review of the approach to predicting offenders’ spatial crime behaviour, Samantha Hodge; The feasibility of profiling from sexual fantasies, Laurence Alison and Jamie Lee; FBI homicide profiling and FBI homicide classification - the motivational link, Jamie Lee; Levels and variations of violation in rape, David Canter, Steven Reddy and Laurence Alison; An empirical examination of a disorganized/organized categorization of homicide, David Canter and Laurence Alison; Stalking behaviour, Joyce Hargreaves; The psychological classification of homicide, Gabrielle Salfati; Contract murder: a multidimensional analysis of crime scene behaviours, Patrick Crumplin; A multivariate model of serial sexual murder, Samantha Hodge; Design of an empirically based profiling system, Toby Coffey and David Canter; Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2026
• Reihe/Serie: Psychology, Crime and Law
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-84014-495-5 / 1840144955
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84014-495-6 / 9781840144956
• Zustand: Neuware