The Fourth Edition of this best-selling text provides students with the most up-to-date information on the increasingly popular field of psychological profiling. Well-known authors Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen T. Holmes build upon their continued research and involvement in field investigation as a source of relevant and often high-profile case studies to illustrate theory and application of the methods discussed. The text is particularly readable and engaging, making frequent use of illustrative tables and figures and presenting occasional photos.

Preface

Chapter 1.Psychological Profiling: An Introduction

Chapter 2.Profiling in Fantasy and Fact

Chapter 3.The Rationale for Psychological Profiling

Chapter 4.Criminal Theories and Psychological Profiling

Chapter 5.The Analysis of the Crime Scene

Chapter 6.Arson and Psychological Profiling

Chapter 7.Profiling Serial Murderers

Chapter 8.Psychological Profiling and Rape

Chapter 9.Pedophilia and Psychological Profiling

Chapter 10.Autoerotic Asphyxiation

Chapter 11.Profiling Satanic and Cult-Related Murders

Chapter 12.Geography, Profiling, and Predatory Criminals

Chapter 13.Jack the Ripper: A Case for Psychological Profiling

Chapter 14.Lizzie Borden

Chapter 15.The Victim in Criminal Profiling

Chapter 16.The Future of Criminal Profiling

Credits

Index

About the Authors