Table of Contents

Psychological Profiling
An Introduction
Profiling in Fantasy and Fact
Criminal Theories and Psychological Profiling
The Rationale for Psychological Profiling
The Analysis of the Crime Scene
Profiling Serial Murder
Arson and Psychological Profiling
Psychological Profiling and Rape
Pedophilia and Psychological Profiling
Geography, Profiling, and Predatory Criminals
Computer Database Construction for Psychological Profiling
The Victim in Psychological Profiling
Profiling and the Future

About the Author

Ronald M. Holmes is Coroner, in the Jefferson County Coroner′s office and Professor Emeritus of Justice Administration at the University of Louisville. He is the author of several books, among them Profiling Violent Crimes, Sex Crimes, and Serial Murder. He is also the author of more than 50 articles appearing in scholarly publications. He is Vice President of the National Center for the Study of Unresolved Homicides and has completed more than 500 psychological profiles for police departments across the United States. He received his doctorate from Indiana University.

is Coroner, in the Jefferson County Coroner′s office and Professor Emeritus of Justice Administration at the University of Louisville. He is the author of several books, among them and He is also the author of more than 50 articles appearing in scholarly publications. He is Vice President of the National Center for the Study of Unresolved Homicides and has completed more than 500 psychological profiles for police departments across the United States. He received his doctorate from Indiana University.