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The authors aim to transform criminal profiling into a credible science and practice that reliably aids law enforcement investigation. They explore in detail how a science of profiling may be constructed and tested.

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• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Roots of Modern Profiling(p. 3)
• I Profiling Today(p. 15)
• Chapter 2 Current Nonscientific Models of Profiling(p. 17)
• Chapter 3 Problems With Nonscientific Profiling Models(p. 49)
• Chapter 4 The Current Model of Scientific Profiling(p. 71)
• Chapter 5 Problems With the Scientific Model of Profiling(p. 87)
• II The Future of Profiling(p. 125)
• Chapter 6 From Goals to Theory(p. 127)
• Chapter 7 Crime Scene Evidence(p. 135)
• Chapter 8 Offender Characteristics: The Constructs of Motives, Personality, and Behavior(p. 157)
• Chapter 9 Motive and Behavior(p. 171)
• Chapter 10 Personality and Behavior(p. 187)
• Chapter 11 A Scientific Model of Profiling(p. 207)
• Chapter 12 Steps Toward Testing a Scientific Model of Profiling(p. 231)
• Chapter 13 Conclusion: Recommendations for Practice(p. 249)
• References(p. 259)
• Author Index(p. 273)
• Subject Index(p. 279)
• About the Authors(p. 293)

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Criminal profiling has become a subject of intense fascination, thanks to its increasing exposure in the media. Although the roots of profiling portray it as an art practiced by the intuitive, Hicks (a former Univ. of Arizona psychology instructor, now a law student) and Sales (Univ. of Arizona) are interested in the move toward a true science of profiling that will increase the validity and reliability of predictions. The book begins with a history of criminal profiling and an examination of the current models and how each makes use of a scientific approach, or fails to do so. The authors devote the second half of the book to the development of a comprehensive scientific model of criminal profiling, offering a statement of the goal of profiling, a discussion of steps needed to make that goal operational, a model of the relationships between offender characteristics and crime-scene evidence, and, finally, potential variables and data sets to be used for testing hypotheses. This book is a milestone in the study of this controversial subject. ^BSumming Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. M. Sylvia St. Mary's University