This ground-breaking text is the first to provide a
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empirically tested models for Offender Profiling and
guidance for investigations, as well as an agenda for
research in Investigative Psychology. Investigative
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undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Applied and
Forensic Psychology, Criminology, Socio-Legal Studies
and related disciplines. |
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