Crime Classification Manual

{{Short description|FBI reference on investigating crime}}

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| title_orig = Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes

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| pub_date = 1992

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| isbn = 978-0-7879-3885-7

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Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes (1992) is a text on the classification of violent crimes by John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, and Robert K. Ressler.{{Cite book|last1 = Douglas| first1 = John E.| last2 = Burgess|first2 = Ann W.|last3 = Burgess|first3 = Allen G.|last4 = Ressler |first4 = Robert K.|title = Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes|publisher = Jossey-Bass|date = 1997|orig-year = 1992|isbn = 0-7879-3885-8}}

Overview

The publication is a result of a project by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime.{{cite book | pages=145–146 | title=Offender Profiling: An Introduction To The Sociopsychological Analysis Of Violent Crime | series=American Series in Behavioral Science and Law | author1=George B. Palermo | author2=Richard N. Kocsis | publisher=Charles C Thomas Publisher | year=2005 | isbn=0-398-07549-2 }}

A second edition of the book was published in 2006, and added 155 pages of new information and research.{{Cite book |last1 = Douglas| first1 = John E.| last2 = Burgess|first2 = Ann W.|last3 = Burgess|first3 = Allen G.|last4 = Ressler |first4 = Robert K.| title = Crime classification manual : a standard system for investigating and classifying violent crime |year = 2006 |edition = 2nd | publisher = Jossey-Bass |location = San Francisco, Calif. |isbn = 0-7879-8501-5 }}

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