Profiling Cop-Killers - 9781138458550

Taylor & Francis

Attempts to identify empirically supported psychosocial interventions for children with specific disorders and commentary on the state of the research literature in those areas. > \nDrawing heavily on original research designed to train police officers to survive deadly encounters, Profiling Cop-Killers examines the sociological history, psychology, and motives of 50 murderers of police officers in 2011. The book identifies the commonalities and differences between groups of offenders by age, examining the previously hidden connections between an offender\u2018s lethal choices, criminal history, drug and alcohol usage, and interpersonal relationships.\nUsing Erikson\u2018s theory of life span development, the author applies the test of the struggle for identity to offender profiles, words, and actions analyzing the interaction of offenders maturity levels, mastery of challenges by phase, and degree of deviancy exhibited in their violent acts. The book also includes a closer look a.