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{{Short description|FBI reference on investigating crime}}
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'''''Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes''''' (1992) is a text on the classification of [[Social:Violent crime|violent crime]]s by John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess and Robert K. Ressler.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 

==Overview==
The publication is a result of a project by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

A second edition of the book was published in 2006, and added 155 pages of new information and [[Research|research]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Social:Offender profiling|Offender profiling]]
* [[Social:Forensic psychology|Forensic psychology]]
* [[Social:FBI method of profiling|FBI method of profiling]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://murders.ru/Classific.pdf Crime Classification Manual]
*[https://privin.net/ Private Investigations Consultant]

[[Category:Classification systems]]
[[Category:Offender profiling]]
[[Category:Forensic psychology]]


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