Profiling Serial Killers: And other crimes in South Africa

by Micki Pistorius

Overview

The science of profiling is relatively new, having first been tried in the United States in the 1940s. However, it took about another twenty years of development and refinement before it became recognised as an investigative tool in the apprehension of criminals. Profiling can be described as an 'educated attempt to provide investigative agencies with specific information about the type of individual who could have committed a particular crime'. Nowadays it is utilised with other sound investigative techniques. Profiling serial killers and other crimes in South Africa contains a introduction to the subject, followed by chapters (with case studies) on serial killers, pyromaniacs, rapists, child molesters, stalkers, and white collar crime and intelligence profiling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143027102
Publisher:	Penguin Random House South Africa
Publication date:	10/02/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	447
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dr Micki Pistorius is an investigative psychologist who pioneered profiling in the South African Police Service, founding and heading the Investigative Psychology Unit for six years. Her books include the bestselling Catch Me a Killer (and its Afrikaans translation Skimme in die Skadu), Strangers on the Street, Fatal Females and Profiling Serial Killers, as well as the historical novel Sorg.

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Profiling can be described as an ‘educated attempt to provide investigative agencies with specific information about the type of individual who could have committed a particular crime’. Today it is used in conjunction with other investigative techniques. Profiling Serial Killers and other crimes in South Africa contains a comprehensive introduction to the subject, followed by chapters on serial killers, pyromaniacs, rapists, child molesters, stalkers, and white collar crime and intelligence profiling.