Offender Profiling in the Courtroom

副标题: The Use and Abuse of Expert Witness Testimony

ISBN: 9780313362101

出版社: Praeger

出版年: 2008-09-30

页数: 192

定价: USD 49.95

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Ebisike 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. Several serial crime cases where investigators used offender profiling during the criminal proceedings are discussed, including the case of the 'New York Mad Bomber', George Metesky, who caused 32 bomb explosions in New York City between 1940 and 1956, and the case of Albert DeSalvo, known as the 'Boston Strangler', who carried out several sexually motivated murders in Boston between 1962 and 1964. Ebisike demystifies offender profiling and raises awareness about the successes and the pitfalls of the process and its use at trial.