Profilers

by Campbell, John H.; Denevi, Don

• ISBN13: 9781591022664
• ISBN10: 1591022665
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE

Summary

The popularity of television shows like NBC's 'Profiler' and movies such as 'Silence of the Lambs' has made the concept of criminal profiling familiar to most Americans. Though such dramas follow the general approach of real-life criminal investigative analysis, Hollywood's artistic license too often simplifies and even sensationalises the work of those who attempt to unravel the complex workings of the criminal mind. In this compilation of expert articles written by internationally recognised homicide investigators -- most of them pioneers in developing the science and the art of profiling -- readers gain fascinating insights that could have emerged only after years of experience tracking and analysing the behaviour of some of America's most notorious serial criminals. In 'Profilers', editors John H Campbell and Don DeNevi bring together for the first time a collection of articles on important facets of criminal profiling -- which, for the most part, have remained a mystery to the general public. The contributors cover many gripping topics -- including an interview with cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, details of autoerotic fatalities, the challenges of creating psychological profiles, and the use of forensic linguistics to track the Unabomber 0 and they try to understand why some killers go to such extremes as removing the eyes of their victims or setting their helpless victims ablaze. These contemporary pieces follow and expand upon some original articles on criminal profiling -- reports on dealing with hostage situations and on sexual killers who disfigure their bodies. A must for readers of true crime, forensic investigations, and murder mysteries, this unique collection of revealing articles offers a chilling and unparalleled glimpse into the inner workings of the criminal mind.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(4)
Part 1: The Original Behavioral Science Articles on Criminal Profiling
Criminal Profiling from Crime Scene Analysis	13	(22)
John E. Douglas
Robert K. Ressler
Ann W. Burgess
Carol R. Hartman
Offender Profiles: A Multidisciplinary Approach	35	(6)
Robert K. Ressler
John E. Douglas
A. Nicholas Groth
Ann Wolbert Burgess
Sexual Homicide: A Motivational Model	41	(20)
Ann W. Burgess
Carol R. Hartman
Robert K. Ressler
John E. Douglas
Arlene McCormack
Murderers Who Rape and Mutilate	61	(12)
Robert K. Ressler
Ann W. Burgess
Carol R. Hartman
John E. Douglas
Arlene McCormack
The Men Who Murdered	73	(10)
Robert K. Ressler
The Split Reality of Murder	83	(8)
Robert K. Ressler
Ann W. Burgess
Classifying Sexual Homicide Crime Scenes: Interrater Reliability	91	(8)
Robert K. Ressler
Ann W. Burgess
Crime Scene and Profile Characteristics of Organized and Disorganized Murderers	99	(10)
Interviewing Techniques for Homicide Investigations	109	(6)
Crime Problems: The Lust Murderer	115	(8)
Robert R. Hazelwood
John E. Douglas
Rape and Rape-Murder: One Offender and Twelve Victims	123	(12)
Robert K. Ressler
Ann W. Burgess
John E. Douglas
Part 2: Contemporary Articles on Criminal Profiling
How to Interview a Cannibal	135	(44)
Robert K. Ressler
Sexual Fatalities	179	(14)
Robert R. Hazelwood
P. E. Dietz
Ann W. Burgess
Using a Forensic Linguistic Approach to Track the Unabomber	193	(30)
James R. Fitzgerald
Criminal Profiling: The FBI Uses Criminal Investigative Analysis to Solve Crimes	223	(6)
Mary Ellen O'Toole
Assaultive Eye Injury and Enucleation	229	(14)
Alexander O. Bukhanovsky
Anthony Hempel
Waseem Ahmed
J. Reid Meloy
Alan C. Brantley
Daniel Cuneo
Roman Gleyzer
Alan R. Felthous
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Solving Cold Cases	243	(24)
Michael R. King
Sexual Homicide of Elderly Women	267	(24)
Mark E. Safarik
John P. Jarvis
Kathleen Nussbaum
Geographic Profiling Update	291	(22)
D. Kim Rossmo
Nonfamily Child Abductors Who Murder Their Victims: Offender Demographics from Interviews with Incarcerated Offenders	313	(22)
Kristen R. Beyer
James O. Beasley
Lethal Predators: Psychopathic, Sadistic, and Sane	335	(28)
Frank M. Ochberg
Alan C. Brantley
R. D. Hare
Peter D. Houk
Robert Ianni
Earl James
Mary Ellen O'Toole
Gregory Saathoff
Fire, Filicide, and Finding Felons	363
Timothy G. Huff