Offender Profiling in the Courtroom: The Use and Abuse of Expert Witness Testimony

Description

Offender profiling is mainly used by the police to narrow down suspects in cases where no physical evidence was left at a crime scene. Recently, however, this technique has been introduced into the courtroom as evidence, raising questions of its reliability, validity, and admissibility at trial. Because offender profiling was not originally intended to be used in the courtroom, its entrance there has caused both confusion and controversy. Offender Profiling in the Courtroom discusses the use of profiling evidence in criminal trials. Ebisike also covers the history, development, approaches to, and the legal aspects of this crime investigation technique. Several serial crime cases where investigators used offender profiling during the criminal proceedings are discussed, including the case of the New York Mad Bomber, George Metesky, who caused thirty-two bomb explosions in New York City between 1940 and 1956, and the case of Albert DeSalvo, known as the Boston Strangler, who carried out several sexually motivated murders in Boston, Massachusetts between 1962 and 1964. Ebisike demystifies offender profiling and raises awareness about the successes and the pitfalls of the process and its use at trial.

Offender profiling is a crime investigation technique where information gathered from the crime scene, witnesses, victims (if alive), autopsy reports, and information about an offender's behavior is used to draw up a profile of the sort of person likely to commit such crime. Offender profiling does not point to a specific offender. It is based, instead, on the probability that someone with certain characteristics is likely to have committed a certain type of crime. In spite of the ever-increasing media interest in the use of offender profiling in criminal trials, this technique is still not well understood by many people, including judges, lawyers, and jurors, who weigh such evidence at trial. Some people see offender profiling as a tried and true method of identifying suspects, and others simply see it as a fiction. Here, the author helps readers understand the true nature of offender profiling and the danger of its admission into criminal cases as evidence.

Disclaimer:
Contents of this page are indexed from the Internet. All actions are under your responsability. Email us to report illegal contents or external links and we'll remove them immediately.

Please check the description for download links if any or do a search to find alternative books.

Can't Download?
Please search mirrors if you can't find download links for "Offender Profiling in the Courtroom: The Use and Abuse of Expert Witness Testimony" in "Description" and someone else may update the links. Check the comments when back to find any updates.

Search Mirrors
Maybe some mirror pages will be helpful, search this book at top of this page or click here to find more info.

1. Ebooks list page : 3034
2. The Evaluation of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: A Comprehensive Guide to Assessment and Testimony
3. Applying Statistics in the Courtroom: A New Approach for Attorneys and Expert Witnesses (Repost)
4. Feder's Succeeding as an Expert Witness, 4 Ed.
5. The Scientist or Engineer as an Expert Witness
6. Mastering Forensic Psychiatric Practice: Advanced Strategies for the Expert Witness
7. [share_ebook] Profiling Hackers: The Science of Criminal Profiling as Applied to the World of Hacking
8. Profiling Hackers: The Science of Criminal Profiling as Applied to the World of Hacking
9. Sexual Offender Treatment
10. Sex Offender Laws: Failed Policies, New Directions
11. Nursing and Multidisciplinary Care of the Mentally Disorder Offender
12. Leah Osborn - Sex Offender Treatment Programs in Correctional Settings
13. Evolution in the Courtroom: A Reference Guide
14. A Litigator's Guide to DNA: From the Laboratory to the Courtroom
15. Good, "Applying Statistics in the Courtroom"
16. Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom