Offender profiling in the courtroom : the use and abuse of expert witness testimony / Norbert Ebisike.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-173) and index.

ch. 1. What is offender profiling? : Definition of offender profiling ; Goals of offending profiling ; Crime scene staging ; Modus operandi or method of operation ; Offender's signature or calling card ; Linkage analysis ; Types of crime suitable for profiling ; History and development of offender profiling -- chapter 2. Approaches to offender profiling : Diagnostic evaluation or clinical approach ; Criminal investigative analysis or the FBI approach ; The investigative psychology or environmental psychology approach ; Geographic profiling ; Behavioral evidence analysis approach ; Crime action profiling -- chapter 3. Expert testimony, conflicting rules and standards : Frye volume United States ; Federal rules of evidence ; Daubert volume Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated ; General Electric Company volume Joiner ; Kumho Tire Company volume Carmichael -- chapter 4. Offender profiling in the courtroom : Is offender profiling impermissible character evidence? ; Who is qualified to give expert offender profiling testimony? ; Is offender profiling too prejudicial? ; Is offender profiling an opinion on the ultimate issue? ; Is offender profiling sufficiently reliable as to be admissible? -- chapter 5. Offender profiling in comparative perspective : Offender profiling in the United Kingdom ; Offender profiling in Canada ; Offender profiling in other countries -- Conclusion -- Table of cases.