Laurence Alison

A breakout pop psychology book from the world experts on interrogation techniques. Laurence Alison is one of my academic heroes. He does what every writer longs to do. He makes the difficult clear - without losing his rigour. - Malcolm Gladwell They are quietly revolutionising the study and practice of interrogation... Their findings are changing the way law enforcement and...

Analyzing the system of offender profiling, Profiling in Policy and Practice takes into consideration the quality and validity of the information on which police base their decisions, assessing the possibilities for detecting deception. The consistencies of a criminal's behaviour are also studied, with a look at the differences between one offender and another. Other questions asked include what form such...