Criminal profiling : an introduction to behavioral evidence analysis / created by Brent E. Turvey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to criminal profiling -- A history of criminal profiling / Brent E. Turvey -- Criminal profiling : science, logic, and cognition / Wayne A. Petherick, Brent E. Turvey -- Alternative methods of criminal profiling / Wayne A. Petherick, Brent E. Turvey -- Forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry, and criminal profiling : the mental health professional's contribution to criminal profiling / Michael McGrath and Angela N. Torres -- An introduction to behavioral evidence analysis / Brent E. Turvey -- An introduction to crime scene analysis / Brent E. Turvey -- Forensic victimology -- Forensic victimology / Brent E. Turvey and Jodi Freeman -- Sexual deviance / Brent E. Turvey -- Sexual asphyxia / Michael McGrath and Brent E. Turvey -- False allegations / Michael McGrath and Brent E. Turvey -- Crime scene analysis -- An introduction to crime reconstruction / W. Jerry Chisum and Brent E. Turvey -- Crime scene characteristics / Brent E. Turvey and Jodi Freeman -- Interpreting motive / Jodi Freeman and Brent E. Turvey -- Case linkage / Brent E. Turvey and Jodi Freeman -- Cyberpatterns : criminal behavior on the internet / Eoghan Casey -- Fire and explosives : behavioral aspects / Brent E. Turvey -- Offender characteristics -- Inferring offender characteristics / Brent E. Turvey -- Psychopathy and sadism : interpreting psychopathic and sadistic behavior in the crime scene / Brent E. Turvey -- Sex crimes / Brent E. Turvey -- Domestic homicide / Brent E. Turvey -- Mass murder / Brent E. Turvey -- Serial cases : investigating pattern crimes / Brent E. Turvey -- Introduction to terrorism : understanding and interviewing terrorists / Brent E. Turvey, Majeed Khader, Jansen Ang, Eunice Tan and Jeffery Chin -- Appendix: threshold assessment / Jodi Freeman -- Professional issues -- Ethics and the criminal profiler / Brent E. Turvey -- Criminal profiling on trial : the admissibility of criminal profiling evidence / Craig M. Cooley.

Focused on Behavioral Evidence Analysis (BEA), a method of profiling developed and refined by the author over the past 15 years, the fourth edition of Criminal Profiling maintains the same core foundation that made previous editions best sellers in the professional and academic community worldwide. Written for practicing behavioral analysts and aspiring students alike, this work emphasizes an honest understanding of crime and criminals. Newly updated, mechanisms for the examination and classification of both victim and offender behavior have been improved. In addition to refined approaches towards victimology, crime scene analysis, motivation, and case linkage, a chapter on sexual deviance has been added as well -- from cover