Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action

More than I expected. I highly recommend it. The book was one of my main sources for exam "Basics of criminal profiling". I passed the exam with the maximum number of points.

I bought this book on the recommendation of my professor in a psychological profiling class. He taught the course on psychological profiling and I wanted to learn more about it. I understand now why he recommended this book. I loved the book. It's written with amazing precision. It breaks down the very psychological process of developing a profile. I loved the explanation regarding inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning. How premises are formed based on correlation and how deductive conclusions are only as good as the premise they are based on. The book is profoundly eloquent. It provides the very language needed to describe psychological profiling as a technique. If you're looking for a book on psychological profiling, this is THE book to get, and this is THE expert to learn it from. Highly recommended.

This is the perfect book for reference as I enter my upcoming classes for psychology and criminal justice. I could not be more pleased!

This book provides a good survey of the current state of investigative psychology as espoused by David Canter. Although some sections are rather obscure, overall the book is a good introduction for students or interested professionals.

I love this book because it is very clear and explanatory. It gives the information needed and relates to the course.

Perfection.

Dr David Canter and Dr Donna Youngs provide both a concise and cogent overview of research with this textbook. This is a great resource for both practitioners and students wanting to gain knowledge in relation to the darker facets of society.

Dr. Canter and his associates have produced an outstanding textbook--the first one worthy of widespread dissemination among professionals and graduate students--on investigative psychology and criminal profiling. Dr. Canter has also provided the foundation for a new specialty, Investigative Psychology, which has brought rigorous science to bear on the creative art of profiling. He is to be commended for his fine contributions to forensic science. The Psychopathic Mind: Origins, Dynamics, and Treatment

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This book was part of the reading list for my Masters degree in Investigative Psychology. Through my undergraduate degree I had read many textbooks about psychology, forensics and crime, but none of them offered the insights this book did.IP is a relatively new discipline which bridges the gap between psychology and the police. It offers new scientific methods, grounded in theory, that can contribute to police investigations.Some textbooks can be tedious to read, but this one was a pleasure as I always wanted to know more about this new area. Learning about Geographical profiling and other scientific approaches towards catching criminals was fascinating.I think perhaps other reviewers may not fully grasp how interesting this book is as they haven’t taken the course and learned about these new scientific methods which could be very beneficial to our criminal justice system.This was an invaluable resource for my degree, but even if you aren’t taking the course and want a more ‘well rounded’ understanding of criminology/forensics/law enforcement/psychology of offenders, I would definitely recommend this. I will be returning to it in the future to brush up on my offender profiling skills.

Testo fondamentale della psicologia investigativa scritta dal suo creatore.Per studenti in ambito forense,investigatori,psicologi forensi,criminologi

Very pleased with it!

I am so interested in this field that I decided to learn at the University of Liverpool after all!