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BL
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730163
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b549922
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| Main Entry
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Richard N. Kocsis ; foreword by George B. Palermo.
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| Title & Author
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Criminal profiling : : principles and practice\ Richard N. Kocsis ; foreword by George B. Palermo.
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| Publication Statement
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Totowa, N.J.: Humana Press, ©2006.
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(xxi, 273 pages) : illustrations
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| ISBN
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128083224X
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: 1588296393
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: 1597451096
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: 9781280832246
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: 9781588296399
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: 9781597451093
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| Contents
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Peface : The evolution of crime action profiling --;What is criminal profiling? --;Smoke and mirrors : the illusions of accuracy in criminal profiles --;Rhetoric vs reality : investigating the skills and accuracy of criminal profiling --;The components and processes of criminal profiling --;Defining serial violent crime --;Operational interpretation of the CAP models --;Criminal profiling of serial rape offenses --;Criminal profiling of sexual murder offenses --;Criminal profiling of serial arson offenses --;Offense location patterns : geographic profiles --;Procedural considerations and format guidelines --;Fighting fire with fire --;Understanding descriptive and inferential statistics : a beginner's guide --;Variable and coding tables.
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A compendium of scientific research on constructing a criminal profile for crimes that are not readily resolvable by conventional police investigative methods. It utilizes a distinct approach referred to as Crime Action Profiling (CAP), a technique that has its foundations in the disciplinary knowledge of forensic psychology.
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| Subject
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
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Criminal investigation -- Psychological aspects.
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Violent offenders -- Psychology.
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| LC Classification
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HV8073.5R534 2006
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Richard N Kocsis
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