Table of Contents
1Introduction
2Serial Murder
2.1Serial Murder
2.1.1Definitions and Typologies 2.1.1.1 Characteristics
2.1.2Incidence, Population, and Growth
2.1.3.Theories
2.1.4.Victimology
2.2Child Murder
2.3Murder and Distance
3Serial Rape and Arson
3.1Serial Rape
3.2Serial Arson
4Forensic Behavioural Science
4.1Investigative Difficulties
4.2Police Strategies
4.2.1Linkage Analysis
4.2.1.1Physical Evidence
4.2.1.2Offender Description
4.2.1.3Crime Scene Behaviour
4.2.2Other Investigative Tactics
5Criminal Profiling
5.1Development of Profiling
5.2Organized and Disorganized Crime Scenes
5.3Applications of Profiling
5.4Critiques
5.5Evaluation Studies
5.6Profiling and Probability
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5.7Expert Testimony
5.8Future of Profiling
6Behavioural Geography
6.1Movement and Distance
6.2Mental Maps
6.3Awareness and Activity Spaces
6.3.1Anchor Points
6.4Centrography
6.5Nearest Neighbour Analysis
7Geography of Crime
7.1Geography and Crime Studies
7.1.1Journey-to-Crime Research
7.2Environmental Criminology
7.2.1Routine Activity Theory
7.2.2Rational Choice Theory
7.2.3Crime Pattern Theory
8Target and Hunt
8.1Target Patterns
8.1.1Place and Space
8.1.2Hunting Grounds
8.1.3Target Backcloth
8.1.4Crime Sites
8.1.5Body Disposal
8.1.6Learning and Displacement
8.1.7Offender Type
8.2Hunting Methods
8.2.1Target Cues
8.2.2Hunting Humans
8.2.3Search and Attack
8.2.4Predator Hunting Typology
9Predator Patterns
9.1Spatial Typologies
9.2Geography of Serial Murder
9.2.1Methodology
9.2.1.1Serial Killer Data
9.2.1.2Newspaper Sources
9.2.1.3Offender, Victim, and Location Data
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9.2.2Serial Killer Characteristics
9.2.2.1State Comparisons
9.2.3Case Descriptions
9.2.3.1Richard Chase
9.2.3.2Albert DeSalvo
9.2.3.3Clifford Olson
9.2.3.4Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi
9.2.3.5Peter Sutcliffe
9.2.3.6Richard Ramirez
9.2.3.7David Berkowitz
9.2.3.8Jeffrey Dahmer
9.2.3.9Joel Rifkin
9.2.3.10John Collins
9.2.3.11Aileen Wuornos
9.2.3.12Ian Brady and Myra Hindley
9.2.3.13Jerry Brudos
9.4Serial Murder Characteristics
9.4.1Offenders
9.4.2Victims
9.4.3Locations
9.4.4Crime Parsing
9.4.5Clusters
9.4.6Trip Distance Increase
10Geographic Profiling
10.1Mapping and Crime Analysis
10.2Geography and Crime Investigation
10.3Offender Residence Prediction
10.3.1Criminal Geographic Targeting
10.3.2Performance
10.3.3Validity, Reliability, and Utility
10.3.3.1Validity
10.3.3.2Reliability
10.3.3.3Utility
10.4Geographic Profiling
10.4.1Profiling Considerations
10.4.2Operational Procedures
10.4.2.1Information Requirements
10.4.2.2Requesting A Geographic Profile
10.4.3Understudy Training Program
10.4.4The Rigel Computer System
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11Investigative Applications
11.1Strategies and Tactics
11.1.1Suspect Prioritization
11.1.2Police Information Systems
11.1.3Task Force Management
11.1.4Sex Offender Registries
11.1.5Government and Business Databases
11.1.6Motor Vehicle Registrations
11.1.7Patrol Saturation and Stakeouts
11.1.8Response Plans
11.1.9Mail Outs
11.1.10Neighbourhood Canvasses
11.1.11News Media
11.1.12Bloodings
11.1.13Peak-of-Tension Polygraphy
11.1.14Fugitive Location
11.1.15Missing Bodies
11.1.16Trial Court Expert Evidence
11.2Jack the Ripper
12Conclusion Appendices
Appendix A: Serial Murder Data Set Appendix B: Data Coding Forms
Glossary Bibliography
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