This is the best little book available for the everyday meal planner.It is the only one that is regularly used out of my many vegetarian cookery books.
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Unlike some self-styled experts, David Cantor really knows his stuff. He writes with the voice of authenticity borne of genuine expertise. This is a man who has devoted his life to the study and undxerstanding of the human mind and who puts his expertise to good used in the service of truth and the advancement of human knowledge.
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This is the best little book available for the everyday meal planner.It is the only one that is regularly used out of my many vegetarian cookery books.
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Far from the title suggests, no great "secrets" of geographical profiling are revealed in this book.
The first half consists mainly of Canter drawing up conclusions of the thought processes of the two killers Fred West and Jack the Ripper from their respective diarys/memoirs. For the former, the summary is basically that the home was a significant physical and symbolical structure in the organization of his domain of crime.
And for the latter, many pages are expended on pure speculation that leads mainly to nowhere. A total waste of space.
If Canter knew anything of the basics of criminal profiling he may have also considered that the Ripper was a characteristic "Disorganized" killer, who would most likely have been ... Read More:
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I picked this up second hand in Thailand while travelling for a few months. With a passing interest in real life crime, mainly the detective work involved, I bought it. My wife (a university lecturer herself) read it first and said it was very short on actual analysis and overall it was very disappointing. Since she has little interest in this sort of thing, I put her review down to that. Unfortunately she was quite right - this is an unnecessarily long, disjointed, poorly written and erratic book which will be of little interest to most people with an interest in criminology etc.
Amazingly, geographic profiling is hardly dealt with in terms of applying it to the actual murders/kidnappings/rapes reviewed. On most occasions Canter ... Read More:
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David Canter describes in lucid detail his actions within the fledgling field of Investigative Psychology. This is intended as a work of science, not of fiction, and Canter steers clear of any information that might colour the reader's opinion, prefering to stick to hard fact and science. For some readers, this may make it a bit dry, but Canter's work gives a prospective Investigative Psychologist a view into the world without resorting to any of the 'cracker'-style work that fills the genre.
This is a scholarly work and should be considered as such. Those of you interested in such information should buy this book - it is truely worth the price. Those of you interested in gory details should consider another book.
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David Canter describes in lucid detail his actions within the fledgling field of Investigative Psychology. This is intended as a work of science, not of fiction, and Canter steers clear of any information that might colour the reader's opinion, prefering to stick to hard fact and science. For some readers, this may make it a bit dry, but Canter's work gives a prospective Investigative Psychologist a view into the world without resorting to any of the 'cracker'-style work that fills the genre.
This is a scholarly work and should be considered as such. Those of you interested in such information should buy this book - it is truely worth the price. Those of you interested in gory details should consider another book.
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I loved this book! The content might look a little 'dry' to the uninitiated, but the book more than proves itself with a collection of interesting and stimulating studies. Because each chapter boasts a different author, there is a pleasing range of literary styles and a different methodology to each study.
As the title suggests, the subject focus is theft, but many other interesting aspects of crime are investigated, extending to arson, fraud and armed robbery. It is fascinating to see profiles unfold with the research, and often surprising - such as the extent and manner in which the theft victim's house is desecrated being related to specific burgulary 'types'. As each profile emerges it becomes evident how prevention of crime could ... Read More:
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