Profile of a Criminal Mind: How Psychological Profiling Helps Solve True Crimes

by Innes, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780762104079
• ISBN10: 0762104074
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

A behind-the-scenes study, packed with compelling case histories and fascinating information about constructing a criminal profile. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, this comprehensive work explores profiling theories ranging from the suppositions of early physicians to the world of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit to the latest developments in computer-aided geographic profiling.

Author Biography

Dr. Brian Innes has been writing about criminal subjects since 1966. After contributing to the weekly publication The Unsolved, he provided a long series on forensic science as well as a number of feature articles for Real Life Crimes. He is the author of Crooks and Conmen, The History of Torture, Death and the Afterlife, Bodies of Evidence (from Reader's Digest), Forensic Science, Major Unsolved Crimes, and Serial Murders. A scientist, Dr. Innes spent many years as a research biochemist and has written extensively on scientific topics.