Description
Book SynopsisOffender profiling is an investigative tool used to narrow down the range of potential suspects for a crime by predicting the personality, behavioral, and demographic characteristics that an offender is likely to possess, based upon information collected at the crime scene. While offender profiling has been popularized by TV shows and movies such as Criminal Minds, Silence of the Lambs, and Mindhunter, the real-world impact of offender profiling is largely unknown. This book discusses the history of offender profiling, summarizes research on offender profiling methods, and reviews offender profiling evaluations of accuracy and applied impact.
This book also describes a promising new offender profiling methodology called evidence-based offender profiling. This new method relies upon empirical data and scientific methods to develop, evaluate, and replicate offender profiles, thereby increasing offender profilingâs accuracy and utility for
Table of Contents
Forward: Lawrence W. Sherman
Chapter 1: Introduction to Evidence-Based Offender Profiling
Chapter 2: Development of Offender Profiling
Chapter 3: Progress Towards Evidence-Based Offender Profiling
Chapter 4: Evidence-Based Offender Profiles and Evaluations in the United States
Chapter 5: International Replication of Evidence-Based Offender Profiles in the United Kingdom
Chapter 6: The Future of Evidence-Based Offender Profiling
