Criminal Profiling

How Psychological Profiling Helps Solve True Crimes

by Brian Innes; Lucy Doncaster

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Pub Date Sep 14 2022 | Archive Date Oct 05 2022

Amber Books Ltd | Amber Books

Nonfiction (Adult) | Reference | True Crime

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Is there such a thing as a criminal type? Are criminals born genetically predisposed to commit crimes, or are they fashioned by their circumstances? Physicians, psychologists and criminologists have been asking these questions for many centuries, without finding a definitive answer. Criminal Profiling is packed with intriguing case histories that demonstrate the variety, sophistication and effectiveness of criminal profiling. The book includes chapters on the search for the criminal personality, early criminal profiling and the latest theories of criminality, and features the stories of Ted Bundy, Peter Sutcliffe and Andrei Chikatilo, among many others. Illustrated with 200 colour and black-and-white photographs, Criminal Profiling is a wide-ranging, authoritative history of this fascinating subject, from the first efforts at physical profiling to today’s computer-generated geographic mapping techniques.

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EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9781838862206
PRICE	£19.99 (GBP)
PAGES	256

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Reviewer 696501

This has been a really interesting, and enjoyable read! It was fascinating seeing the history of profiling, and how each aspect of it has grown, but also to see real life examples of it being used. It was very informative and fast moving, so it held the readers interest. I would highly recommend for anyone who enjoys crime dramas, or true crime, or in the legal and law enforcement side of things

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Amber T, Reviewer

This was an incredibly interesting read. I work as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and have always found the more forensic side of psychiatry to be very interesting. I have been a true crime fan my entire life and am drawn to criminal profiling specifically. This book read like a textbook in the best way possible- starting from the early days of psychiatry and criminology to high profile case studies (and some that were not as well known to me) to what is currently being used for criminal profiling. I found the pictures included to be a helpful aid. I'm sure I will return to this book as a reference while listening to a true crime podcast or for when applicable stories are in the news.

Thank you NetGalley and Amber Books Ltd.