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Profiling a Killer - Professor Glenn D Wilson
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How do the real Crackers operate and how successful are they? Intuitive approaches to criminal profiling capture the imagination but actuarial methods are often more effective. The new science of geographical profiling is described and how it has helped to "crack" certain famous cases.
Uploaded 05-04-12
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