LibGuides: PSY-6517 v1: Lesson 4 Resources

Lesson 4 Resources

Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action

Canter, D. V., & Youngs, D. (2009). Investigative psychology: Offender profiling and the analysis of criminal action. Wiley.

Read Chapter 6.

Chapter 6 looks at personal narratives of crime as an element or model of offender profiling.

Access the RedShelf book from your course in the Getting Started module or from the Bookshelf link on the top navigation bar.

Profiling and Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Behavioural Profiling
W. A. Petherick (Ed.). (2009). Profiling and serial crime: Theoretical and practical issues in behavioural profiling (3rd ed.). Anderson Publishing.
Read Chapters 6 and 7.
Chapter 6 discusses the fallacy and accuracy of offender profiling. Chapter 7 reviews case analysis and offender signature as elements relative to profiling.
Offenders’ Crime Narratives as Revealed by the Narrative Roles Questionnaire
Youngs, D., & Canter, D. V. (2013). Offenders’ crime narratives as revealed by the narrative roles questionnaire. International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology, 57(3), 289–311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X11434577
The study considers narrative models of criminal actions and moves towards a quantitative approach to developing a better understanding of the area to inform offender profiling.
Evaluating the Use of Data-Based Offender Profiling by Researchers, Practitioners and Investigative Journalists to Address Unresolved Serial Homicides
Yaksic, E. (2020). Evaluating the use of data-based offender profiling by researchers, practitioners and investigative journalists to address unresolved serial homicides. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 10(2), 123–144. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-09-2019-0032
This article examines the focus of evidence-based profiling methods and the shifts in the field of investigative work and profiling.

Kaltura User Guide
National University (2023). Kaltura User Guide. Graduate Studies Support Center.
This resource includes instructions for recording and uploading videos into courses using Kaltura.

Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action

Canter, D. V., & Youngs, D. (2009). Investigative psychology: Offender profiling and the analysis of criminal action. Wiley.

Read Chapter 7.

Chapter 7 dives deeper into narrative systems and an understanding of how this model may lead to inferences.

Access the RedShelf book from your course in the Getting Started module or from the Bookshelf link on the top navigation bar.