criminal psychology

FBI veteran John Douglas discusses how certain homicide cases have affected the American population and reexamines and reinterprets accepted facts in specific cases.

Discusses the causes of crime, how to prevent crime, and how to treat juvenile criminals.

Explore the issue of, crime and criminals, through a wide range of highly respected expert opinions in a unique pro-con format. Promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking.

Many people would react with disbelief if told that criminal profilers could predict the car the killer drove, where the rapist worked, and the clothes the bomber would be wearing when captured. Yet, amazingly enough, this has been the case in a large number of investigations. From tracking down serial killers and rapists to kidnappers and bombers, Criminal Minds reveals how behavioral psychology and crime scene analysis - and in some cases, a small amount of luck - have helped to cut short some of the dealiest criminal careers of all time.

An introduction to the day to day life of a forensic psychologist.

Examines the crimes and victims of ten notorious serial killers and the letters and messages they send or leave behind for investigators to find and provides details into the psychological profile of criminals such as Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer, Unibomber, and the D.C. snipers.

Examines the techniques used by law enforcement to create and apply criminal profiles in investigations of violent crime, exploring the origins of profiling, methods, motive, modus operandi, and signature, and discusses real cases.