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Turveys second edition of criminal profiling, the reader discovers early on that the object of criminal profiling, also referred to as investigative analysis, psychological profiling, and behavioral evidence analysis, is an attempt to categorize the personality characteristics of offenders by their behavior at crime scenes. This type of profiling has been called criminal profiling, offender profiling, criminal psychological profiling, and. Manual web site provides an instructors manual for each chapter, powerpoint slideshows, and case reports from brent turveys work. Influence behind this idea and what the study was on.
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