Criminal profiling has been the subject of a host of books, films and television series. Despite its popular profile, however, very few people get to study criminal profiling in depth.

Written by a lecturer in psychology and designed to let you dive straight into this fascinating topic, The Essential Guide To Criminal Profiling is based on a series of classes from an undergraduate program in forensic psychology.

The guide provides clear and concise information on central issues such as the origins of criminal profiling, FBI profiling methodology and limitations; and whether becoming a profiler is a realistic career path.

The Essential Guide To Criminal Profiling also provides links to outstanding free resources that will allow you to learn as much about criminal profiling as you would like e.g., access to all the seminal criminal profiling publications written by members of the Behavioral Sciences Units, National Center for The Analysis of Violent Crime, at the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia.