Abstract Involuntary Celibates (INCELs) are an increasing concern in academia and
policing. Owing to the rise of internet sub-groups, understanding the developmental …

This book is designed to support final-year students in psychology who are taking modules
in criminal psychology. It would also be appropriate for postgraduate students in forensic …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) relates not only to physical forms of abuse, but also
psychological, emotional, economic, and financial controlling behaviors. IPV is a dynamic …

Historically, definitions of serial murder in the academic and professional literature vary,
sometimes considerably, based on numbers of victims, offender intent, and presence or …

Purpose Behaviours occur across complex, dynamic timelines. Research methods to
analyse these complex timelines have repeatedly used behaviour sequence analysis (BSA) …

Understanding cooling-off periods is an important step towards conceptualising life course
events of serial killers, between their murders. Analysing the behaviours of serial killers …

A history of child sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with a variety of psychological issues
and conduct disorders in adolescents. However, little is known about the association …

Killer Data examines the phenomenon of serial murder using data collected from
international sources to review offender patterning with a focus on contemporary cases. This …

Research into homicides typically focuses on adults offenders, as they represent the majority
of cases. There are, however, a number of cases involving individuals under the age of 18 …

Purpose While behaviour sequence analysis (BSA) is popular, it is not without limitations,
namely, the level of detail required and time taken to run analyses; therefore, this paper aims …