The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Donnell Washington: Add a description of this character.
• Sarah Andrews
• Mary Beth Townsend
• Jimmy
• Doris
• Frank
• Sam Bilodeau
• Christine Landon
• Anne Kelley
• Carl
• Brian
• Vicki Davis
• Orville
• Renee
• Debbie
• Lisa Young
• Heidi
• Kim
• Mickey
• Walt Williams
• Tony
• Curtis Cox
• Scotty May
• Craig Landon
• Michael Potter
• Hammond
• Deborah
• Laurie
• Bob
• Newsome
• Joey
• Lamont
• David
• Eric
• Tommy

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• “While anything is possible, everything is not probable.”

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• I found courses offered online by Brent Turvey, who has a master’s degree in forensic science.

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• today there is a college-level criminal profiling certificate program available that I developed for Excelsior College)

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• People think that when a person is murdered there is a requirement by our legal system that the person who committed the crime be prosecuted. There is no such mandate in our country. The state is only required to prosecute crimes it feels like prosecuting, that are in the “interest of the state.” That’s it. The victim has no rights, the family has no rights, and citizens’ only rights are voting the people they favor into office.

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• when you bring the dead woman back to life, then you can give the killer treatment.

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• It is the state’s determination whether it chooses to proceed with a case or not. They don’t even have to investigate a case. They don’t have to prosecute a case.

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• I learned that almost all men who commit sexual violence against others are psychopaths, people with no empathy for others and no remorse for the heinous crimes they commit. And while not all psychopaths are serial killers, all serial killers are psychopaths. In my readings, I came across Robert Hare’s psychopathy checklist, a quick way to evaluate someone’s likelihood of possessing this destructive personality disorder.

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• Rigor mortis is the stiffening of the body after death; livor mortis refers to the blood that settles in the body after death.

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• the closure rate for stranger homicides was abysmally low. I estimated that the actual closure rate for serial homicides was 5 percent or less. If you want to get away with a crime in this country, serial homicide is your best bet.

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• Frequently, there is a precipitating event that makes them feel like losers, causing them to want to commit an act of violence to regain a feeling of power and control. Walt was dumped just before the time of the murder….

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• In his book Mindhunter, Douglas points out that he knew the suspect stuttered, but Hollywood made him seem like he could pick this trait out because of his brilliance.

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• United States
• D.c.
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• Virginia

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Bob Andelman (Author)

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1. Pat Brown (Author)

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• Dewey: 363.2092

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