Research Catalog

Title

The psychology of serial killer investigations : the grisly business unit / Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes.

Author

Keppel, Robert D.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2003.

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Additional Authors

Birnes, William J.

Description

xxx, 232 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This is the first book of its kind that combines state-of-the-art psychological assessment experience with the expertise of a homicide investigator who has tracked some of this country's most notorious serial killers. The author also brings to the book hands-on best practices cleaned from the experience of other task forces." "Readers, both professionals and students, will benefit from the comprehensive and critical case reviews, the analysis of what went wrong, what went right, and the after-action recommendations of evaluators in the US, UK, and Canada."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Serial killer investigations

Subject

• Criminal Psychology
• Forensic psychology
• Homicide > psychology
• Meurtres en série > Aspect psychologique
• Psychologie légale
• Psychology, Pathological
• Psychopathologie
• Psychopathology
• Serial murder investigation > Psychological aspects
• Serial murderers > Psychology
• Tueurs en série > Psychologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Recognition and acknowledgment of serial murder -- The archetypal serial killer task force investigation: the Yorkshire Ripper Case -- Anatomy of an investigation -- The consulting detective -- The Paul Bernardo Case -- Profiling the serial killer: the efficacy of profiling -- Taking control of denial and defeat -- The playbook -- Best practices.

ISBN

0124042600 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^2003109041

OCLC

52919404

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library