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Psychology and Profiling

Mapping Murder: The Secrets of Geographical Profiling
Authors: David Canter
Publisher: Virgin Publishing, 2003 - ISBN: 1852270780

In this book Professor Canter explains how geographical profiling can help to catch criminals more reliably than any psychological speculations of the reasons that have driven them to crime. He explains that criminals reveal who they are and where they live not just from how they commit their crimes, but also from the locations they chose. With first-hand experience of applying his techniques, Professor canter expands on his theories of what distinguishes criminals from each other, probing deep into the twisted logic of men whose crimes have shocked the world. An in-depth study is made of murders like Fred west, and the Belgian, Marc Dutroux – who constructed “spiders webs” to lure then destroy their victims. He shows how these webs operated like black holes, due to the absence of information related to the disappearance of the victims.

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