- Hardcover: 504 pages
- Publisher: Academic Press Inc (Jun 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 012705040X
- ISBN-13: 978-0127050409
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 18.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,418,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the forward "Criminal Profiling is a serious and long overdue effort at structuring a body of knowledge into a cohesive subject. Brent Turvey has provided the reader with a roadmap to comprehending the principles underlying criminal profiling. The knowledge gleaned from this book can only strengthen the foundational skills of the prospective and active criminal investigator." -Richard Saferstein, PhD
Richard Saferstein, PhD
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"Criminal Profiling is a serious and long overdue effort at structuring a body of knowledge into a cohesive subject. Brent Turvey has provided the reader with a roadmap to comprehending the principles underlying criminal profiling. The knowledge gleaned from this book can only strengthen the foundational skills of the prospective and active criminal investigator." -Richard Saferstein, PhD
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The process of inferring the personality characteristics of individuals responsible for committing criminal acts has commonly been referred to as criminal profiling. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
this is a personal and relatively uninformed and now outdated book, it represents some naive thinking about the subject and wanders aimlessly from idea to idea with little coherent overview or thesis. it purports to adopt a practical framework but is also naive in that respect. there are now several other more credible books on the market that would be a better investment for students and practitioners
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Well, I can honestly say that, having read most of the material available on profiling from across the globe, this is BY FAR the most impressive, comprehensive, and engaging read of all. The text is coherent, and the illustrations worthwhile. Not only essential for the criminologist, but appealing to any enthusiast. Can't actually find any criticisms.
8 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a very poor book.
The main author has no reported postgraduate professional psychology qualifications, and yet rants at length about "psychological syndromes". Many of these rants are of questionable accuracy, to say the least.
Worse, Turvey accepts second hand reports and critiques of processes and events without corroboration, and then takes them as established fact. On more than one occasion, to my certain knowledge, the reports that he relies on are wrong, and yet he not only accepts, but endorses and even extends their false conclusions.
Turvey is highly critical of the tendency of others to run with unproven assumptions, and yet does this time and again in this dreary tome.
The presentation of the content, with a sober cover, and explicit black and white victim photographs lends an impression of gravity and reliability, but this is not supported by thoroughness of research or accuracy of judgements.
It is a very expensive book, but its biggest cost is likely to be in misleading readers.
Very, very bad.
The main author has no reported postgraduate professional psychology qualifications, and yet rants at length about "psychological syndromes". Many of these rants are of questionable accuracy, to say the least.
Worse, Turvey accepts second hand reports and critiques of processes and events without corroboration, and then takes them as established fact. On more than one occasion, to my certain knowledge, the reports that he relies on are wrong, and yet he not only accepts, but endorses and even extends their false conclusions.
Turvey is highly critical of the tendency of others to run with unproven assumptions, and yet does this time and again in this dreary tome.
The presentation of the content, with a sober cover, and explicit black and white victim photographs lends an impression of gravity and reliability, but this is not supported by thoroughness of research or accuracy of judgements.
It is a very expensive book, but its biggest cost is likely to be in misleading readers.
Very, very bad.
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