Introduction.

Part I: Crime Analysis and Investigation.

1. Modus Operandi and the Signature Aspects of Violent Crime (John E. Douglas and Lauren K. Douglas).

2. The Detection of Staging, Undoing, and Personation at the Crime Scene (John E. Douglas and Lauren K. Douglas).

3. Prescriptive Interviewing: Interfacing the Interview and Interrogation with Crime Classification (Gregory M. Cooper).

4. Classifying Crimes by Severity: From Aggravators to Depravity (Michael Welner).

5. VICAP: The Violent Criminal Apprehension Program Unit (Eric W. Witzig).

Part II: Classifications.

6. Homicide.

7. Arson/Bombing.

8. Rape and Sexual Assault.

9. Nonlethal Crimes.

10. Computer Crimes (Allen G. Burgess).

11. Cybercrimes (John E. Douglas and Lauren K. Douglas).

12. Classifying Internet Child Sex Offenders (Eileen M. Alexy, Ann W. Burgess, and Timothy Baker).

Part III: Methods of Killing.

13. Mass, Spree, and Serial Homicide (Ann W. Burgess).

14. Homicidal Poisoning (Arthur E. Westveer, John P. Jarvis, and Carl J. Jensen III).

15. The Use of Biological Agents as Weapons (Anne M. Berger).

Part IV: Issues in Crime.

16. Wrongful Convictions: Causes, Solutions, and Case Studies (Peter Shellem).

17. Criminal Confessions: Overcoming the Challenges (Michael P. Napier and Susan H. Adams).

Bibliography.

About the Editors.

About the Contributors.

Name Index.

Subject Index.