Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis

by Peter Ainsworth

Overview

Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis provides a highly readable account of the subject, and a picture of profiling which by no means accords with popular views and representations of what is involved. The book provides an overview of profiling techniques, offering some fascinating insights into the various approaches to profiling, and schools of thought, which have emerged − looking particularly at the work of the FBI, and of British and Dutch profilers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781903240212
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Peter Ainsworth

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Offender profiling − separating myth from reality 2. Criminal behaviour and its motivation 3. Environmental influences and patterns of offending 4. Problems and pitfalls in the gathering of data 5. Crime mapping and geographical profiling 6. Early approaches to profiling 7. Investigative psychology and the work of David Canter 8. Clinical and other approaches 9. Current developments and future prospects 10. Conclusions

Editorial Reviews

Ainsworth, who is not identified, reviews the current state of knowledge about profiling criminal offenders, recognizing the disagreements, some passionate, about what it is and how it should be conducted. He considers separating myth from reality, criminal behavior and its motivation, environmental influences and patterns of offending, problems and pitfalls in gathering data, crime mapping and geographical profiling, early approaches, and other aspects. He concludes by assessing its usefulness. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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