We would like to announce the following publications have been authored by one of our members.
Author: J. Reid Meloy; Perhaps the most readable and practical book on violence risk ever written. Reflects the standard of practice in the field. “Reid Meloy is a leader in the arena and I highly recommend this book to members of the criminal justice and mental health communities. He has written about a very complex [...]
Author: J. Reid Meloy; Forensic psychologist Reid Meloy identifies psychopathology as a deviant development disturbance characterized by inordinate instinctual aggression and the absence of a capacity bond. It is the definitive book on the subject. “This is a superb presentation of what is currently known about the psychopathic personality and its functioning. The discussion is [...]
Authors: Michael T. Compton, Beth Broussard, Mark Munetz, Janet R. Oliva, Amy C. Watson; Collaborations between the law enforcement and mental health communities have become vital as law enforcement officers are often first-line responders in crisis situations involving individuals with mental illnesses. A nationally recognized example of a pre-booking jail diversion program, the Crisis Intervention [...]
Author: D. Kim Rossmo; What causes competent and dedicated investigators to make avoidable mistakes, jeopardizing the successful resolution of their cases? Authored by a 21-year police veteran and university research professor, Criminal Investigative Failures comprehensively defines and discusses the causes and problems most common to failed investigations. More importantly, it outlines realistic strategies for avoiding [...]
Authors: Gregg O. McCrary, Katherine Ramsland; In basement offices three stories below the ground at the FBI’s Academy in Quantico, Virginia, former Supervisory Agent Gregg McCrary was among the first generation of the most elite force for criminal investigation in the world. In The Unknown Darkness, McCrary takes the reader behind the crime scene to [...]
Authors: Roy Hazelwood, Stephen G. Michaud; Profiler Roy Hazelwood is the world’s leading expert on the strangest and most dangerous of all aberrant offenders–the sexual criminal. In Dark Dreams he reveals the twisted motives and perverse thinking that go into the most reprehensible crimes. He also catalogs the innovative and remarkably effective techniques–techniques that he [...]
Authors: Stephen G. Michaud, Roy Hazelwood; Twenty-two years in the FBI, sixteen of them as a member of the Bureau’s Behavioral Science Unit. Thousands of homicides, rapes, suicides, and other gruesome crimes. Roy Hazelwood, like many investigators, has seen it all. But unlike most, he’s gone further — into the dark and twisted psyches of [...]
Authors: Robert R. Hazelwood, Park E. Dietz, Ann W. Burgess; [description] Cite Hazelwood, Robert R., Dietz, Park E. and Burgess, Ann W. (1983). Autoerotic Fatalities. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, D.C. Heath and Co.
Authors: Robert R. Hazelwood, Ann W. Burgess; U.S. Justice Department statistics indicate that only 26 percent of all rapes or attempted rapes are reported to law enforcement officials, and only slightly more than half of these result in the arrest of a suspect. Part of the problem lies in the public’s lack of faith in [...]
