Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, Revised Edition

by John E. Douglas; Ann W. Burgess; Allen G. Burgess; Robert K. Ressler

• ISBN13: 9780787938857
• ISBN10: 0787938858
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Leads to an increased understanding of the nature of crimes and the individuals who commit them This landmark book standardizes for the first time the language and terminology used throughout the criminal justice system. It classifies the critical characteristics of the perpetrators and victims of the three major violent crimes--murder, arson, and sexual assault--based upon the motivation of the offAnder.Based on the primary intent of the criminal, the Crime Classification Manual leads to an increased understanding of the nature of crime and of the individuals who commit such crimes. This is an indispensable reference for anyone whose work brings them into contact with either the offAnder or victim of violent crime. The Crime Classification Manual: standardizes terminology within the criminal justice fieldfacilitates communication within the criminal justice field and between criminal justice and mental healthdevelops a data base for investigative research A decade in development, this work forms the basis of contemporary investigative profiling, the highly acclaimed strategy in which crimes are solved by generating a profile of the suspect. This best-selling manual provides law enforcement and mental health professionals access to the same information used by the FBI to coordinate their investigations.Also available is the Pocket Guide to the Crime Classification Manual, which presents in handy outline form the data in the main volume and serves as a quick in-the-field reference tool.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(4)
Acknowledgments	xiii	(2)
Contributors	xv
Introduction	1	(16)
PART ONE The Classifications	17	(232)
1. Homicide	17	(146)
2. Arson	163	(28)
3. Rape and Sexual Assault	191	(58)
PART TWO Crime Scene Analysis	249	(124)
4. The Detection of Staging and Personation at the Crime Scene	249	(10)
John E. Douglas
Corinne M. Munn
5. Modus Operandi and the Signature Aspects of Violent Crime	259	(10)
John E. Douglas
Corinne M. Munn
6. Crime Scene Photography	269	(30)
Peter A. Smerick
7. Prescriptive Interviewing: Interfacing the Interview/ Interogation with Crime Classification Witness Typologies	299	(10)
Gregory M. Cooper
8. The FBI Academy's ISU Role in Assisting Law Enforcement	309	(6)
Corinne M. Munn
Appendix A: Hiding Places: A Search Warrant Aid	315	(12)
Appendix B: Indicators of Financial Difficulty	327	(2)
Appendix C: Witness Typologies	329	(2)
Appendix D: VICAP Crime Analysis Report	331	(20)
Glossary	351	(6)
References	357	(4)
Index	361	(6)
About the Editors, Chapter Authors, and Classification Committee Chairs	367