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BL
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993247
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b747617
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| Main Entry
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Ebisike, Norbert.
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Offender profiling in the courtroom : : the use and abuse of expert witness testimony /\ Norbert Ebisike.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xi, 180 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313362114
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: 9780313362118
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0313362106
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9780313362101
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-173) and index.
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| Contents
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Ch. 1. What is offender profiling? : Definition of offender profiling ; Goals of offending profiling ; Crime scene staging ; Modus operandi or method of operation ; Offender's signature or calling card ; Linkage analysis ; Types of crime suitable for profiling ; History and development of offender profiling -- ch. 2. Approaches to offender profiling : Diagnostic evaluation or clinical approach ; Criminal investigative analysis or the FBI approach ; The investigative psychology or environmental psychology approach ; Geographic profiling ; Behavioral evidence analysis approach ; Crime action profiling -- ch. 3. Expert testimony: conflicting rules and standards : Frye v. United States ; Federal rules of evidence ; Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ; General Electric Co. v. Joiner ; Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael -- ch. 4. Offender profiling in the courtroom : Is offender profiling impermissible character evidence? ; Who is qualified to give expert offender profiling testimony? ; Is offender profiling too prejudicial? ; Is offender profiling an opinion on the ultimate issue? ; Is offender profiling sufficiently reliable as to be admissible? -- ch. 5. Offender profiling in comparative perspective : Offender profiling in the United Kingdom ; Offender profiling in Canada ; Offender profiling in other countries -- Conclusion -- Table of cases.
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of-- United States.
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Evidence, Expert-- United States.
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Forensic psychology-- United States.
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
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Evidence, Expert.
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Forensic psychology.
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LAW-- Civil Procedure.
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LAW-- Legal Services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- Judicial Branch.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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347.73/67
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KF8965.E23 2008eb
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