Consuming Passions


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Book on dynamics of popular culture.




Off-centre


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This indispensible collection brings together feminist theory and cultural studies, looking at issues such as pop culture and the media, science and technology, and Thatcherism and the Enterprise Culture.




Action Chicks


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Xena, Buffy, Lara Croft. WWF, The Sopranos, Witchblade, La Femme Nikita. The women of pop culture are center stage and as tough as ever. Action Chicks is a groundbreaking collection highlighting the heroines we've grown to worship. What can they tell us about women in 2003? What can they tell us about how popular culture depicts women? Do the characters escape traditional gender role expectations? Or do they adhere to sexual, racial, ethnic, and class stereotypes? The essays in Action Chicks provide fans with a new look at their favorite icons and their relationship to the popular media machine. A fascinating collection that's bound to stir up some excitement.







Criminal Profiling


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Focused on Behavioral Evidence Analysis (BEA), a method of criminal profiling developed and refined by the author over the past 15 years, the fourth edition of Criminal Profiling maintains the same core foundation that made previous editions best sellers in the professional and academic community worldwide. Written from practicing behavioral analysts and aspiring students alike, this work emphasizes an honest understanding of crime and criminals. Newly updated, mechanisms for the examination and classification of both victim and offender behavior have been improved. In addition to refined approaches towards victimology, crime scene analysis, motivation and case linkage, a chapter on sexual deviance has been added as well. With prior edition in wide use as a primary text in criminal justice, law, criminology, and behavioral science programs around the world, Criminal Profiling, Fourth Edition remains essential for students and professionals alike. - Outlines the scientific principles and practice standards of BEA-oriented criminal profiling, with an emphasis on applying theory to real cases - Contributing authors from law enforcement, academic, mental health and forensic science communities provide a balance perspective - Complete glossary of key termsCompanion Web site includes all appendices from previous volumes and figure collection at http://www.elsevierdirect.com/companions/9780123852434 - Manual Web site provides an instructor's manual for each chapter, powerpoint slideshows, and case reports from Brent Turvey's work




Offender Profiling


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George B. Palermo is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin; Adjunct Professor of Criminology and Law Studies, Department of Cultural and Social Sciences, Marquette University; Director, Center for Forensic Psychiatry and Risk Assessment, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.




Perfilación geográfica en la investigación criminal


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No por frecuentes, los crímenes en serie -asesinatos, violaciones, robos- dejan de generar una especial alarma social. A medida que los delitos se van sucediendo, los medios de comunicación se hacen más eco, la presión sobre la policía aumenta y el desasosiego se generaliza. En ese contexto, cualquier pista que conduzca a la localización del criminal es bienvenida. ¿Es posible que los lugares en que se han cometido los crímenes, analizados en su conjunto de forma científica, constituyan precisamente esa pista? Esta es la pregunta que ha guiado el desarrollo de la perfilación geográfica en las últimas décadas y que constituye el eje argumental de este manual, que resulta de interés para miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad, estudiantes, investigadores y, en general, para cualquier persona interesada en el tema. La obra ha sido escrita con la colaboración de prestigiosos académicos de las universidades de Liverpool y Barcelona, así como por policías con amplia experiencia en investigación criminal. Este volumen presenta de forma sistemática y pormenorizada los fundamentos teóricos, las técnicas y las claves del éxito, o del fracaso, de la perfilación geográfica. El lector podrá conocer la forma en la que las fuerzas de seguridad -desde la National Crime Agency del Reino Unido hasta los Mossos d'Esquadra, pasando por el FBI, la Guardia Civil y la Policía Nacional- recurren al análisis geográfico del crimen en su lucha contra el delito. Para ello, los autores apoyan sus argumentos con casos reales de criminales del Reino Unido (el destripador de Yorkshire o el violador del ferrocarril), de Estados Unidos (el hijo de Sam, el estrangulador de la colina o el violador del Lado Sur) y de España (el asesino del Putxet, el violador de la capucha, etc.).




Criminal Profiling


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Criminal Profiling


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In this book, renowned profiler Dr. Richard Kocsis presents a distinct approach to profiling called Crime Action Profiling or CAP. The volume explains the scope and methodology employed in the studies that the author has undertaken over the past decade and a half. CAP adopts the view that profiling essentially represents a psychological technique that has its foundations in the disciplinary knowledge of forensic psychology.