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by Brent E. Turvey (Author) "The process of inferring the personality characteristics of individuals responsible for committing criminal acts has commonly been referred to as criminal profiling ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 462 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: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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American Journal of Psychiatry, September 6, 2000
This book should be reviewed by anyone intent on becoming a professional criminal profiler.

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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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The profiler's Bible. At last., 15 Dec 2003
By L H Juchniewicz (Coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis (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.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Inaccurate and pompous, 1 Jun 2004
This review is from: Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis (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.
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5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This Is Agent Starling's handbook., 25 Aug 2000
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This book is the Professionals' guide. Useful to Law Enforcement Agencies worldwide, the material here is invaluable in furthering advances against increasingly sophisticated criminals.
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