Mapping The Trail of a Crime : How experts use geographic profiling to solve the world’s most notorious cases
Author : Gordon Kerr
Publisher : Reader’s Digest Association
ISBN : 9781838865740
Call Number : 363.25 KER
Summary:
Crack the case using geographic profiling.
Follow the experts as they solve some of the world’s most chilling crimes, using the latest science of geographic profiling. Join them as they seek the answers to some simple questions: What leads a killer and his victim to end up in the same place at the same time? What geographical patterns can be found when explaining a case history? Mapping the Trail of a Crime follows the investigations of some of the most riveting criminal cases:
• Jeffrey Dahmer, who killed and cannibalized 17 people;
• ‘The Ken and Barbie Killers’, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, who killed for pleasure;
• Ivan Milat, who killed his victims in the seclusion of the deep forest;
• ‘The Night Stalker’, Richard Ramirez, who murdered people in their homes as they slept;
• The Beltway Snipers, who gunned down people at random from their van, killing 13 in all.
Packed with gripping cases, fascinating forensic science and intriguing photographs, Mapping the Trail of a Crime gives you an insider look at a homicide investigation