In the 4 decades since offender profiling (OP) was established, hundreds of journal articles,
books, book chapters, reports, and magazine articles have been published on the topic, and …

Profiling aims to identify the major personality and behavioural characteristics of offenders
from their interactions in the crime. The discipline has undergone numerous changes and …

Paine (1737–1809) was born in Thetford, England, on February 9, 1737. Son of a Quaker
craftsman, he embodied a “man of the people” and he always thought of the people (feeling …

52 Laurence Alison et al. for researching it, as well as critically examining this new
approach. As such, the purpose of this article is to put some distance between the old and …

Not unlike early criminology, terrorism research currently ignores or minimizes the issue of
behavioral variation between and across individuals convicted of terrorist crimes …

Criminal profiling is used in complex investigations, and, in a number of jurisdictions, as
expert evidence in criminal trials. This article seeks to move beyond the many anecdotal …

Sections of this chapter have been published previously. Reproduced here with kind
permission from the authors, Laurence Alison and Marie Eyre, and Pennant Books. On the …

Crime linkage has been the subject of increasing attention in academic research. Research
has found support for the principles of behavioural consistency and distinctiveness, which …

Forensic Psychology takes a broad-based perspective, incorporating both experimental and
clinical topics. This text includes current developments by theorists and researchers in the …

The current role and contribution of “behavioural investigative advisers” (BIAs) to criminal
investigation in the United Kingdom | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert …