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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 placeUnited States
ISBN978-0-7879-3885-7

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]

Overview

The publication is a result of a project by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime.[2]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Douglas, John E.; Burgess, Ann W.; Burgess, Allen G.; Ressler, Robert K. (1997) [1992]. Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 0-7879-3885-8.
  2. ^ George B. Palermo; Richard N. Kocsis (2005). Offender Profiling: An Introduction To The Sociopsychological Analysis Of Violent Crime. American Series in Behavioral Science and Law. Charles C Thomas Publisher. pp. 145–146. ISBN 0-398-07549-2.
  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 0-7879-8501-5.