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Article: Offender Profiling.(Books by ACFEI Members)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- The Forensic Examiner
- Article date:
- December 22, 2007
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Offender Profiling By George B. Palermo, MD, and Richard N. Kocsis, PhD
The controversial topic of criminal profiling brings to mind mixed reactions, as the field seems to lack a working model on which profiling decisions are based. In their book, Offender Profiling, George B. Palermo and Richard N. Kocsis explore a holistic approach to profiling as they delve into historical, social, and psychological factors.
The book is comprised of three parts. The first part discusses the psychosocial substrate of criminal profiling and includes historical views on the topic. The second part addresses the crime scene and the crime ...