Applied crime analysis : a social science approach to understanding crime, criminals, and victims

Most approaches to crime analysis focus on geographical crime mapping, which is helpful in identifying crime clusters and allocating police resources, but does not explain why a particular crime took place. __Applied Crime Analysis__ presents a model that brings statistical anchoring, behavioral psychopathology, and victimology from the social sciences together with physical and crime scene evidence to provide a complete picture of crime. This hands-on guide takes theoretical principles and demonstrates how they can be put into practice using real case examples. In addition to covering key topics such as staged crime scenes, false reports, and criminal motivations, the book's includes a final chapter on report writing, showing readers how to use their findings to successfully advance to prosecution and succeed in court. * Presents a model that takes social science concepts, including statistical anchoring, behavioral psychopathology, and victimology and connects them with crime scene evidence to examine and analyze crime * Puts crime analysis theory into practice with real-world examples highlighting important concepts and best practice * Includes a report writing chapter to demonstrate how this approach can strengthen criminal cases and succeed in court * Instructor materials include a Test Bank, Powerpoint lecture slides, and Instructor's Guide for each chapter

Most approaches to crime analysis focus on geographical crime mapping, which is helpful in identifying crime clusters and allocating police resources, but does not explain why a particular crime took place. Applied Crime Analysis presents a model that brings statistical anchoring, behavioral psychopathology, and victimology from the social sciences together with physical and crime scene evidence to provide a complete picture of crime. This hands-on guide takes theoretical principles and demonstrates how they can be put into practice using real case examples. In addition to covering key topics such as staged crime scenes, false reports, and criminal motivations, the book’s includes a final chapter on report writing, showing readers how to use their findings to successfully advance to prosecution and succeed in court.

• Presents a model that takes social science concepts, including statistical anchoring, behavioral psychopathology, and victimology and connects them with crime scene evidence to examine and analyze crime
• Puts crime analysis theory into practice with real-world examples highlighting important concepts and best practice
• Includes a report writing chapter to demonstrate how this approach can strengthen criminal cases and succeed in court
• Instructor materials include a Test Bank, Powerpoint lecture slides, and Instructor's Guide for each chapter

Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Acknowledgments, Pages xiii-xv About the Authors, Pages xvii-xix Foreword, Pages xxi-xxvi Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Applied Crime Analysis, Pages 1-13 Chapter 2 - Logic and Reasoning in Crime Analysis, Pages 14-38 Chapter 3 - Physical Evidence and the Crime Scene, Pages 39-61 Chapter 4 - Forensic Victimology, Pages 62-80 Chapter 5 - Detecting Staged Crime Scenes: An Empirically Derived “How-to”, Pages 81-103 Chapter 6 - Case Linkage, Pages 104-122 Chapter 7 - False Reports, Pages 123-147 Chapter 8 - Motivations, Pages 148-171 Chapter 9 - Risk Assessment, Pages 172-189 Chapter 10 - Threat Assessment and Management, Pages 190-207 Chapter 11 - Psychopathology and Criminal Behavior, Pages 208-252 Chapter 12 - Report Writing, Style, and Components, Pages 253-269 Appendix A - Threat assessment and management process—organizational settings, Page 270 Index, Pages 271-282 "Most approaches to crime analysis focus on geographical crime mapping, which is helpful in identifying crime clusters and allocating police resources, but does not explain why a particular crime took place. Applied Crime Analysis presents a model that brings statistical anchoring, behavioral psychopathology, and victimology from the social sciences together with physical and crime scene evidence to provide a complete picture of crime. This hands-on guide takes theoretical principles and demonstrates how they can be put into practice using real case examples. In addition to covering key topics such as staged crime scenes, false reports, and criminal motivations, the book's includes a final chapter on report writing, showing readers how to use their findings to successfully advance to prosecution and succeed in court."--back cover