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2 What Is Offender Profiling?

What is Offender Profiling?

Part 2 of the 7-part series

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    What is Offender Profiling?

    Part 2 of 7 of the ‘What is Investigative Psychology?’ series


    This Police Science Dr video covers the following questions: What is offender profiling? How does offender profiling work? How can offender profiling be used? How can I use offender profiling?


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    Books that are relevant to this topic for further reading if you’re interested:


    'Investigative Psychology - Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action' by David Canter & Donna Youngs


    Forensic Psychology: A very short introduction’ by David Canter


    Forensic Psychology for Dummies’ by David Canter


    Principles of Geographical Offender Profiling’ by David Canter & Donna Youngs


    Mapping Murder – Secrets of Geographic Profiling’ by David Canter


    Criminal Shadows – Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer’ by David Canter


    Criminal Psychology’ by David Canter


    The Forensic Psychologist’s Casebook: Psychological Profiling and Criminal Investigation’ by Laurence Alison




    Music: ‘Starcatcher’ by James Hesford, featuring Andy Garbi;


    Subtitling by Laura Thöling



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