Date of this Version Forensic Criminology: the scientific study
of crime and criminals for the purposes of addressing
investigative and legal issues. It is a science, a behavioral
science, and a forensic science. This text is intended to
educate students in an applied fashion regarding the nature and
extent of forensic casework that is supported by, dependent
upon, and interactive with research, theory, and knowledge
derived from criminology. It is also intended to act as a
preliminary guide for practitioners working with and within
related criminal justice professions. Particularly those
involved with assisting investigations, administrative
inquiries, legal proceedings or providing expert findings or
testimony under oath. It is offered as an applied scientific
sub-discipline within the domain of general criminology, as well
as a roadmap to the forensic realm for the uninitiated. Written
by the authors of the best-selling Criminal Profiling, now in
its third edition, and the groundbreaking Forensic Victimolo