Brown, Pat. "How a Criminal Profiler Works." Interview by Staci Wilson. AOL. Web. 24 May 2010.
This interview talks all about criminal profiling. It discusses what a criminal profilers job includes, qualities of a profiler, and the person experience of the profiler that was being interviewed. Pat Brown has a lot of credibility to her name. She has written several books that are about criminal profiling and her occupation is a profiler. This source was very useful because it gave an inside look on profiling.
"Forensic Psychology." Criminal Profiling. ForensicPsychology.net, 2014. Web. 28 Apr. 2014.
This website is very brief and talks about the definition of profiling, the history of it, and any critiques it has. It is written in very simple terms and anyone would find it easy to understand. The article was reedited this year, so the information is all up-to date. This source would be useful to give a simple outline of the history of criminal profiling and a simple definition.
Girod, Robert J. Profiling the Criminal Mind: Behavioral Science and Criminal Investigative Analysis. New York: IUniverse, 2004. Print.
This book describes the process of profiling a crime scene and/or criminal. The author is previously a detective/profiler, so he gives previous examples of approaches to profiling, and the results from that. Although this book is ten years old, it is still credible because of how much professional experience the author has to him. This book would be useful because it gives an insight to the steps to take to profile something or someone.
Gladwell, Malcolm. "Dangerous Mind: Criminal Profiling Made Easy." New Yorker 12 Nov. 2007: Print.
This magazine talks a lot about previous cases where criminal analysis has been used. The article just jumps from case to case. It does not go in depth with how profiling works or different terminology used by profilers. Even though it does not explain those things, it can be used for examples on how profiling has helped our country. This article was written in 2007 so it is not that old, which makes it more credible. That’s the only source for credibility, because the author does not list its resources. I would use this article if needed to provide examples, but for anything else the source is not useful.
Gekoski, Anna, and Jacqueline M. Gray. "'It May Be True, But How's It Helping?': UK Police Detectives' Views Of The Operational Usefulness Of Offender Profiling." International Journal Of Police Science & Management 13.2 (2011): 103-116. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
This article discusses the views of police officers in the United Kingdom and how they feel about criminal profiling. It interviews different detectives and officers in the workforce and if they believe in the tool of profiling. This is similar to a pro/con document. The article was written fairly recently, and it sites several different authors and interviews a wide span of people so that adds on to credibility. This source was useful because it allowed me to discuss the pros and cons of criminal profiling.
Kocsis, Richard N. "The Criminal Profiling Reality: What Is Actually Behind The Smoke And Mirrors?" Journal Of Forensic Psychology Practice 13.2 (2013): 79-91. Academic Search Premier. Web. 30 Apr. 2014.
This article looks at previous evidence and cases where criminal profiling has come into play, and it discusses the effectualness of profiling and if it actually works. The source was published last year, so majority of the information is as up-to date as it can get. The article also comes from a psychology journal, so that adds to credibility. This source is useful if I need to try to disprove someone’s opinion that profiling does not work.
Schlesinger, Louis B. "Psychological Profiling: Investigative Implications From Crime Scene Analysis." Journal Of Psychiatry & Law 37.1 (2009): 73-84. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
This article goes very in depth with the psychology side of criminal profiling. Schlesinger includes a lot of terminology and charts that discuss how profiling works. It is a little more difficult to follow this article because the level of difficulty is higher than average. The author makes sure to include all of the resources he got his information from. This makes the article very credible. Along with the abundance of sources used, the article was published more recently. This source would be very useful for my research paper because it is very detailed and proves a lot of information on how profiling is used to deal with crimes, and criminals.
Traeger, Jennifer. "The Effectiveness of Psychological Profilers." Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 16.1 (2001): 20-28. Web.
This journal article is an experience to test the effectiveness of criminal profiles. The research involves sending out profilers to crimes and testing out their important. This type of experiment hadn’t been tested much beforehand. This research is fairly old so the credibility may not be as high as it was when it was initially published. This would be useful if I wanted to prove to my reader the importance and impact of criminal profiling.
Turvey, Brent E. Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis. San Diego, CA: Academic, 2002. Print.
The author made this source very easy to comprehend. The book talks about the basic terminology of criminal profiling. It gives different examples of cases in history and how profiling has helped. It also gives definitions that are easy to follow. This source appears to be pretty credible. The book is more than 10 years old, but everything appears accurate still. My topic is something that has remained consistent over the years, so the date the book was published doesn’t have much of an impact. It relates very well to my topic and is very easy to follow. The writing in the book seems to be pretty accurate because all of the information is consistent with other information I found. This book would be very useful for my topic.
Winerman, Lea. "Psychological Sleuths--Criminal Profiling: The Reality behind the Myth." Http://www.apa.org. American Psychological Association, Aug. 2004. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
This website is an article from the American Psychological Association. The article is very easy to follow, and put into simple words. Its laid out pretty simple; It discusses how profiling works, and then it moves on to discuss the relations with police work and other cases its related to. This source has a lot of credibility to it, considering my topic is revolved around psychology, and the website used for my source is American Psychological Association it shows a lot of credit. This source was published within the ten years so that adds to the currency of the source. This site is very resourceful for topic because it includes a lot of useful information that can be used to answer my research question.
This interview talks all about criminal profiling. It discusses what a criminal profilers job includes, qualities of a profiler, and the person experience of the profiler that was being interviewed. Pat Brown has a lot of credibility to her name. She has written several books that are about criminal profiling and her occupation is a profiler. This source was very useful because it gave an inside look on profiling.
"Forensic Psychology." Criminal Profiling. ForensicPsychology.net, 2014. Web. 28 Apr. 2014.
This website is very brief and talks about the definition of profiling, the history of it, and any critiques it has. It is written in very simple terms and anyone would find it easy to understand. The article was reedited this year, so the information is all up-to date. This source would be useful to give a simple outline of the history of criminal profiling and a simple definition.
Girod, Robert J. Profiling the Criminal Mind: Behavioral Science and Criminal Investigative Analysis. New York: IUniverse, 2004. Print.
This book describes the process of profiling a crime scene and/or criminal. The author is previously a detective/profiler, so he gives previous examples of approaches to profiling, and the results from that. Although this book is ten years old, it is still credible because of how much professional experience the author has to him. This book would be useful because it gives an insight to the steps to take to profile something or someone.
Gladwell, Malcolm. "Dangerous Mind: Criminal Profiling Made Easy." New Yorker 12 Nov. 2007: Print.
This magazine talks a lot about previous cases where criminal analysis has been used. The article just jumps from case to case. It does not go in depth with how profiling works or different terminology used by profilers. Even though it does not explain those things, it can be used for examples on how profiling has helped our country. This article was written in 2007 so it is not that old, which makes it more credible. That’s the only source for credibility, because the author does not list its resources. I would use this article if needed to provide examples, but for anything else the source is not useful.
Gekoski, Anna, and Jacqueline M. Gray. "'It May Be True, But How's It Helping?': UK Police Detectives' Views Of The Operational Usefulness Of Offender Profiling." International Journal Of Police Science & Management 13.2 (2011): 103-116. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
This article discusses the views of police officers in the United Kingdom and how they feel about criminal profiling. It interviews different detectives and officers in the workforce and if they believe in the tool of profiling. This is similar to a pro/con document. The article was written fairly recently, and it sites several different authors and interviews a wide span of people so that adds on to credibility. This source was useful because it allowed me to discuss the pros and cons of criminal profiling.
Kocsis, Richard N. "The Criminal Profiling Reality: What Is Actually Behind The Smoke And Mirrors?" Journal Of Forensic Psychology Practice 13.2 (2013): 79-91. Academic Search Premier. Web. 30 Apr. 2014.
This article looks at previous evidence and cases where criminal profiling has come into play, and it discusses the effectualness of profiling and if it actually works. The source was published last year, so majority of the information is as up-to date as it can get. The article also comes from a psychology journal, so that adds to credibility. This source is useful if I need to try to disprove someone’s opinion that profiling does not work.
Schlesinger, Louis B. "Psychological Profiling: Investigative Implications From Crime Scene Analysis." Journal Of Psychiatry & Law 37.1 (2009): 73-84. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
This article goes very in depth with the psychology side of criminal profiling. Schlesinger includes a lot of terminology and charts that discuss how profiling works. It is a little more difficult to follow this article because the level of difficulty is higher than average. The author makes sure to include all of the resources he got his information from. This makes the article very credible. Along with the abundance of sources used, the article was published more recently. This source would be very useful for my research paper because it is very detailed and proves a lot of information on how profiling is used to deal with crimes, and criminals.
Traeger, Jennifer. "The Effectiveness of Psychological Profilers." Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology 16.1 (2001): 20-28. Web.
This journal article is an experience to test the effectiveness of criminal profiles. The research involves sending out profilers to crimes and testing out their important. This type of experiment hadn’t been tested much beforehand. This research is fairly old so the credibility may not be as high as it was when it was initially published. This would be useful if I wanted to prove to my reader the importance and impact of criminal profiling.
Turvey, Brent E. Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis. San Diego, CA: Academic, 2002. Print.
The author made this source very easy to comprehend. The book talks about the basic terminology of criminal profiling. It gives different examples of cases in history and how profiling has helped. It also gives definitions that are easy to follow. This source appears to be pretty credible. The book is more than 10 years old, but everything appears accurate still. My topic is something that has remained consistent over the years, so the date the book was published doesn’t have much of an impact. It relates very well to my topic and is very easy to follow. The writing in the book seems to be pretty accurate because all of the information is consistent with other information I found. This book would be very useful for my topic.
Winerman, Lea. "Psychological Sleuths--Criminal Profiling: The Reality behind the Myth." Http://www.apa.org. American Psychological Association, Aug. 2004. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
This website is an article from the American Psychological Association. The article is very easy to follow, and put into simple words. Its laid out pretty simple; It discusses how profiling works, and then it moves on to discuss the relations with police work and other cases its related to. This source has a lot of credibility to it, considering my topic is revolved around psychology, and the website used for my source is American Psychological Association it shows a lot of credit. This source was published within the ten years so that adds to the currency of the source. This site is very resourceful for topic because it includes a lot of useful information that can be used to answer my research question.