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Offender Profiling in the Courtroom: The Use and Abuse of Expert Witness Testimony
Discusses the use of profiling evidence in criminal trials and also covers the history, development, approaches to, and the legal aspects of this crime investigation technique. This title discusses several serial crime cases where investigators used offender profiling during the criminal proceedings.
Author(s) | By Norbert Ebisike. |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 192 |
Published in | United States |
Published | 30 Sept 2008 |
Availability | POD |
Discusses the use of profiling evidence in criminal trials and also covers the history, development, approaches to, and the legal aspects of this crime investigation technique. This title discusses several serial crime cases where investigators used offender profiling during the criminal proceedings.
Preface Introduction 1. What is Offender Profiling? 2. Approaches to Offender Profiling 3. Expert Testimony: The Conflicting Rules and Standards 4. Offender Profiling in the Courtroom 5. Offender Profiling in Comparative Perspective Conclusion Not
Norbert Ebisike is the author of An Appraisal of Forensic Science Evidence in Criminal Proceedings and several peer reviewed journal articles. His research interests include forensic science evidence, criminology, comparative criminal justice, children an