“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
“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
