Offender profiling and crime analysis

the long version

Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis' provides a highly readable account of the subject -- and a picture of profiling which by no means accords with popular views and representations of what is involved. The book provides an overview of profiling techniques, offering some fascinating insights into the various approaches to profiling, and schools of thought, which have emerged -- looking particularly at the work of the FBI, and of British and Dutch profilers.