Offender profiling and the possibilities for its use in arson cases

Autor: Linhartová, Barbora
Přispěvatelé: Boukalová, Hedvika, Gillernová, Ilona
Jazyk: čeština
Rok vydání: 2017
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Popis: The theme of the thesis is psychological offender profiling and the possibilities that it offers in the investigation of arson cases. First it introduces profiling as an investigation method, including its history, the sources on which it is based, what kind of information it contains and how it is created. Next it follows up the problematic issue of fires, their investigation and the classification of intentionally set fires. It also introduces some particular arsonist offender subtypes. Then it pursues the arson profiling and introduces the main profiling approaches. In the end, the author applies the acquired findings to analyze two arson cases according to the particular profiling approaches and then compares the provided leads to a possible offender.
Databáze: OpenAIRE