Offender Profiling and Criminal Differentiation
David Canter
A peer-reviewed paper by the founder of investigative psychology that examines the empirical foundations of offender profiling. Introduces the radex model of criminal differentiation, consistency in criminal behavior, and what can actually be inferred about offenders from crime patterns.
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