LibGuides: PSY-6517 v1: Lesson 5 Resources

Lesson 5 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 13.

Chapter 13 looks at the topic of murder as a whole, including styles of murder, serial offending, and offender characteristics.

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

Serial Murder: Pathways for Investigations
Morton, R. J., Tillman, J. M., & Gaines, S. J. (2014). Serial murder: Pathways for investigations [PDF file]. FBI.
In this report, the NCAVC/ BAU discusses the known data on lone terrorist offenders.
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 16 and 18.
In chapter 16, definitions and types of serial killers are discussed. Chapter 18 elaborates on some of these ideas by looking deeper into personality disorders, typologies, and victim impact.
Evidence-Based Offender Profiling of Serial Sex Worker Victim Homicides
Salfati, C. G., & Sorochinski, M. (2021). Evidence-based offender profiling of serial sex worker victim homicides. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology: The Official Journal of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, 36(4), 679–690. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-021-09490-7
This article looks at homicides for sex workers, with a specific focus on victimology.