Professional, legal and ethical issues in offender profiling

Offender Profiling Series: Vol II Profiling in Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-54

  Alison, Laurence ^a   Canter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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