The FBI formed its Behavioral Science Unit in 1974 to study serial predators. Since then, the art and craft of criminal profiling have become the subject of numerous books, TV shows and iconic films ...

We have all seen criminal profiling on hit TV shows and films like Criminal Minds, The Silence of the Lambs, Cracker, and Mindhunter, and heard the legendary tales of “profilers” catching elusive ...

He was a small-town guy from Manhattan, Montana, population 900. A former Boy Scout, Marine sergeant during the Vietnam War, a carpenter, and a property owner who renovated old houses. David Meirhofer ...

Offender profiling in sexual homicide seeks to infer the psychological, demographic and behavioural characteristics of unknown perpetrators by analysing crime-scene actions, victimology and forensic ...

It’s a staple of cop shows, but the jury’s still out on claims that criminals’ identities can be deduced from their modus operandi WHEN Derrick Todd Lee was arrested in 2003 for a spate of brutal ...

Presented by the new Hulu Original Series, "Furious". Jana Monroe is a retired FBI special agent who was one of the first women to serve in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, the organization known ...

As the summer of 1988 transitioned to autumn, two London physicians dedicated themselves to uncovering the identity of infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Using a combination of autopsy results ...

Ed Kemper. Monte Rissell. BTK. Ann Wolbert Burgess explores these notorious serial killers, various other cases, and her career as a forensic psychiatric nurse with the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit ...

After years of trying to understand the minds of people who hurt others, I have recently turned my attention as a criminal psychologist from violent crimes to the less well-known world of green crime.

Criminal profiling is one of the most famous tools in our crime-fighting arsenal, and probably our least understood. In her new book, The Monsters We Make: Murder, Obsession, and the Rise of Criminal ...

Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Wolbert Burgess received a phone call at her Boston College office in 1978 that would alter the course of her career and lead to a seismic shift in the practice ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. As cybercrime increasingly becomes prevalent today, an educator has made it her mission to find new ways to enhance education in this ...