Criminal Minds

Many people would react with disbelief if told that criminal profilers could predict the car the killer drove, where the rapist worked, and the clothes the bomber would be wearing when captured. Yet, amazingly enough, this has been the case in a large number of investigations.

From tracking down serial killers and rapists to kidnappers and bombers, Criminal Minds reveals how behavioural psychology and crime scene analysis - and, in some cases, a small amount of luck - have helped to cut short some of the deadliest criminal careers of all time.

Follow police procedures from the very beginning - from the collection and assessment of all case materials, including crime scene photographs, witness statements, victim information and autopsy reports. Learn how the FBI and other law enforcement agencies around the world construct a criminal profile: the likely background and physical and behavioural characteristics of an unknown perpetrator.

Read how a profile is used to provide guidelines on the best way to approach, apprehend and interview suspects. Discover how investigatiors use forensic examinations and any other relevant information to reconstruct and explain a crime