Geographic Profiling

Geographic Profiling introduces and explains this unique investigative methodology. Used to analyze the locations of a connected series of crimes to determine the most likely area of offender residence, geographic profiling allows investigators and law enforcement officers to manage information and focus their investigations more effectively. This comprehensive work explains geographic profiling theories and principles and includes an extensive review of the literature and research in the areas of criminal profiling, forensic behavioral science, serial violent crime, environmental criminology, and the geography of crime.