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- Provides research-based background of criminal profiling for policing
- Presents profiles of both victims and perpetrators of serial homicide
- Explores investigative and legal issues related to serial homicide
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology (BRIEFSCRIMINOL)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Policing (BRIEFSPOLICI)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This Brief provides an overview and history of the definition of serial homicide, from the perspectives of psychology, medicine, criminology and forensics. It reviews research to provide a standard definition of serial homicide (as opposed to multiple or mass homicide), and provide insights on profiles of victims and offenders for police practitioners. It also includes a discussion of the media approach to covering serial homicide.
The Brief is divided into four major sections covering: definitions and overview of serial homicide, profiling perpetrators according to different typologies, profiling victims, applied case studies, and recommendations for investigation and prevention.
The author’s approach is aimed primarily at researchers in police studies, but will be of interest to researchers in related fields such as criminal justice, sociology, psychology, and public policy.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Law, University of Bialystok, Białystok, Poland
Agnieszka Daniszewska
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Serial Homicide
Book Subtitle: Profiling of Victims and Offenders for Policing
Authors: Agnieszka Daniszewska
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Criminology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40054-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40053-2Published: 06 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40054-9Published: 30 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2192-8533
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8541
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 88
Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Forensic Psychology