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Mind HunterBy John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

In a Nutshell

In this memoir, former FBI agent John Douglas details his journey to pioneering modern criminal profiling.

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A serial killer or rapist is manipulative, narcissistic, and totally egocentric. He will tell a parole officer or prison psychiatrist whatever he or she wants to hear, whatever it will take to get out of prison or stay on the streets.

John Douglas

Introduction

For decades, criminal profiling has inspired countless shows, documentaries, and novels that have generated millions of superfans and amateur sleuths.

Before 1979, law enforcement largely disregarded profiling as a waste of time.

John Douglas is a former FBI Special Agent and a pioneer of criminal profiling and behavioral science.

Douglas' research on the serial killer Ed Gein formed the basis for Robert Bloch's novel Psycho. He also inspired the character of Special Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs,

In Mind Hunter, Douglas details the trajectory of his career, with assistance from his co-writer Mark Olshaker. The book also charts the broader development of psychological profiling as a tool for law enforcement.

This 1995 release recounts some of Douglas' most high-profile interviewees, including Ed Kemper, Charles Manson, and Richard Speck. It discusses each subjects' behavioral patterns, signatures, and methods.

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