“In that treatise Mather wrote his famous formulation: It were better that Ten Suspected Witches should escape, than that one Innocent Person should be Condemned. That sentiment, of course, evolved into the moral underpinning of our modern system of justice.… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Serial murder may, in fact, be a much older phenomenon than we realize. The stories and legends that have filtered down about witches and… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Manipulation. Domination. Control. These are the three watchwords of violent serial offenders.” — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“One of the first things every trainee is taught is that an FBI agent only shoots to kill. The thinking that went into this… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Traditionally, most murders and violent crimes were relatively easy for law enforcement officials to comprehend. They resulted from critically exaggerated manifestations of feelings we… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“It all comes down to this: Whenever theory supersedes evidence, and prejudice deposes rationalism, there can be no real justice.” — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1841 classic “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” may have been history’s first behavioral profiler.” — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“from the Adairsville PD. What you’ve got to do is imply that you understand the subject, understand what was going through his mind and… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“I knew the way these guys operated; I'd seen it over and over again. They had a need to manipulate and dominate their prey.… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“By studying as many crimes as we could, and through talking to the experts—the perpetrators themselves—we have learned to interpret those clues in much… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“So much of what a law enforcement officer does is difficult to share with anyone, even a spouse. When you spend your days looking… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Even though their crimes were completely different, the one thing the maladjusted genius Ted Kaczynski and the sadistic but banal underachiever Dennis Rader shared… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“If a bank robber tapes over the lens of a surveillance camera, that’s MO. If he feels a need to tear his clothes off… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“I've come out many times publicly in support of the death penalty. I've stated that I'd be more than willing personally to pull the… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“The problem with offering up the top guy, in addition to encouraging other desperate little people to try the same thing, is that you… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Behavior reflects personality. The best indicator of future violence is past violence. To understand the "artist," you must study his "art." The crime must… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
