Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, Edition 3

Brent E. Turvey

Aug 2011 · Academic Press

About this ebook

Now in its third edition, Criminal Profiling is established as an industry standard text. It moves evidence-based criminal profiling into a full embrace of the scientific method with respect to examining and interpreting behavioral evidence. If focuses on criminal profiling as an investigative and forensic process, helping to solve crime through an honest understanding of the nature and behavior of the most violent criminals. Throughout the text, the author outlines specific principles and practice standards for Behavioral Evidence Analysis, focusing on the application of theory and method to real cases. Criminal Profiling, Third Edition, is an ideal companion for students and professionals alike, including investigators, forensic scientists, criminologists, mental health professionals, and attorneys. With contributing authors representing law enforcement, academic, mental health, and forensic science communities, it offers a balanced perspective not found in other books on this subject. Readers will use it as a comprehensive reference text, a handbook for evaluating physical evidence, a tool to bring new perspectives to cold cases, and as an aid in preparing for criminal trials.

• Best-selling author Brent Turvey defines the deductive profiling method, which focuses on examining the nature and behavior of criminals in order to solve crimes
• Contributing authors represent law enforcement, academic, mental health, and forensic science communities for a balanced perspective
• Completely revised with 35% new material including updates on the latest advances in evidence-based profilingNew to this edition
• New cases in every chapter
• New chapters in logic and reasoning
• New chapter reviewing non-evidence based profiling methods
• New chapter on mass homicide
• New chapter on terrorist profiling and interviewing

Ratings and reviews

I have never read a book written in such a way that it contradicts what it is preaching. Ninety pages into the book and I have yet to learn anything about Criminal Profiling. The author expends all his writing in telling us why everyone else is wrong and about the things we shouldn't be doing. If he just took the time to tell us what he thinks we should be doing then we wouldn't have to worry about the things we shouldn't be doing because we wouldn't be doing them. He talks about ego being detrimental to being an objective profiler and yet he has the biggest ego of all. In fact most of his writing seems personally motivated. He also seems to believe that unless you have the symbols for Bachelor, Master or Doctor of Philosophy at the end of your name you can't be qualified to be a profiler. Some of the stupidest people are the ones with degrees, as evidenced by this author.

About the author

Brent Turvey, PhD is the author of Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions (1999, 2002, 2008, 2011); co- author of the Rape Investigation Handbook, 1st and 2nd Editions (2004, 2011), Crime Reconstruction 1st and 2nd Editions (2006, 2011), Forensic Victimology (2008) and Forensic Fraud (2013) - all with Elsevier Science. He hold an MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology. He is a full partner, Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with Forensic Solutions, LLC, and The Forensic Criminology Institute. Dr. Turvey also maintains a caseload of femicides (e.g., sexual homicides, gender motivated homicides), pre-femicidal violence, trafficking, and human rights cases in Latin America. Many of these are related to drug trafficking and human trafficking. This involves the implementation of the UN Model Protocol for Femicide Investigation in Latin America, with The Forensic Criminology Institute’s Behavioral Science Lab (BSL). In operation since 2019, the BSL collaborates with USAID, The United Nations, and The Attorney Generals Office in Bogota DC, providing international support and training to attorneys, investigators and forensic professionals.