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Crime Classification Manual
First Edition
Original titleCrime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1992
Publication placeUSA
ISBN9780787938857

Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes (1992) is a text on the classification of violent crimes by John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess and Robert K. Ressler:[1] it is the result of a ten-year project conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime.[citation needed]

In 1994, the book was awarded the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts' award for "the most significant contribution to the literature of law enforcement intelligence".[citation needed] The volume has been cited over 300 times in the scholarly literature.[2]

A second edition of the book was published in 2006, and added 155 pages of new information and research.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997). "Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes" (Document). Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0-7879-3885-8Template:Inconsistent citations {{cite document}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |isbn= ignored (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^ Google Scholar citation search as of March 17, 2012
  3. ^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (2006). Crime classification manual : a standard system for investigating and classifying violent crime (2nd ed.). San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0787985015.