Every crime occurs as a chain of behaviours and events, from inception and preparation through to commission and exit from the crime scene. Interesting additional similarities between Behaviour Sequence Analysis and other well-known methods, such as crime linkage, crime script analysis, and T-Pattern Analysis are also outlined in detail.
David Keatley is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Murdoch University, Australia, and Director of Researchers in Behaviour Sequence Analysis (ReBSA).
Section I Introduction to Behaviour Sequence Analysis.- 1. Setting the Scene.- 2. Beginning Your Research.- 3. Analysing Your Research.- Section II Overview of Research in Behaviour Sequence Analysis.- 4. Interview Analysis: Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol.- 5. Behaviour Lists: Comparing Sequences of Violence and the Night-Time Economy.- 6. Online Behaviour Lists: Sexual Assaults and Rape Cases.- 7. Card-Sort Tasks: Self-Harm and Prison Populations.- 8. Video/Observation Analysis: Nonverbal Communication and Deception.- 9. Big Data: Serial Homicide Database.- Section III Behaviour Sequence Analysis and Related Methods in Forensic Psychology.- 10. Crime Script Analysis.- 11. Crime Linkage Analysis.- 12.T-System Analysis.- 13. Indicator Waves.- 14. Conclusions