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The usefulness of criminal profiling

In 2010 we published a critical review of a book by the legendary FBI profiler John Douglas, covering his role in the hunt for the ‘Bind, Torture Kill’ (‘BTK’) serial murderer, in Wichita, Kansas, USA (Douglas and Dodd, 2007). Our article was essentially critical of the role of ‘embedded profiling...

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The dubious 'science' of risk prediction in criminal justice

The prediction, assessment and management of risk have become central to processes of criminal justice administration in many countries around the world.

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Crime and social justice

In a recent newspaper article the front-bench Conservative MP and former Spectator editor Boris Johnson reflected on class divisions in contemporary British society. 'The real divide,' he observed...