A Legacy of PainOur team was recently contacted to consult on a case involving the murders of eight women in a small town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Murders that some feel are the work of a serial killer. While following up on the information provided, we have also been perusing the JDP Killer Blog, wh... 
Profiling CaseyOn Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 8:44 PM Eastern, the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a call regarding a missing child. Less than an hour later, Cindy Anthony called back in near hysterics, claiming that her daughter finally admitted to her that Caylee had been abducted and that "There's ... 
Profiling the Unsub[Editor's note: Some time ago, Russell L. Smith, creator of the BRACE Character Profile, contacted John Douglas, renown FBI profiler, asking him to score an unsub of his choice. Mr Smith's goal? To gauge the validity of his tool against a known serial killer. This is the second of two installments... 
The Profiler and the Unsub[Editor's note: Some time ago, Russell L. Smith, creator of the BRACE Character Profile, contacted John Douglas, renown FBI profiler, asking him to score an unsub of his choice. Mr Smith's goal? To gauge the validity of his tool against a known serial killer. This is the first of two installments ... 
Analysis of Aspergers Disorder related to General Criminal ConductPervasive developmental psychopathology, specifically the DSM-IV-TR [2] autism spectrum Aspergers Disorder, has been implicated in the psychopathology of a subset of serial murderers [3] . The current study uses the BRACE Character Profile to analyze the relationship of Aspergers Disorder to... 
Palaces, Temples and TombsJust my take on some of the posts related to the motive, method, and opportunity of school shooters and such. Regardless of intent, it seems to me that the general rationale of some bloggers and posters for explaining (aka: justifying) the murderous acts of school shooters is basically the same as... 
The Masters' Advocate review of Inside the Mind of BTKAs one would expect from the title, the authors detail the intimate interplay between cognitive and behavioral processes in the development and functioning of serial killer Dennis Lynn Rader. But they also revealed the very real mental and physical risks for forensic professionals who overly exerc... 
The Man in a White SuitThe 1970s was a tumultuous time. On the heels of the beatniks, Manson's family, and Kent state, the anti-establishment generation vowed to avoid the mistakes of its predecessors. The shadow of course, remained ever present, threatening to rip away what little innocence remained of the seemingly na... 
When will we ever learn?On Thursday, February 14, 2008, an individual dressed in black burst into a Northern Illinois University (NIU) lecture auditorium, injuring 17 and leaving 5 dead, before taking his own life. Early reports were sketchy, though University officials acknowledged that the gunman, while not a current s... 
Just who is teaching whom?In August of 2006, a girl met a boy. Where? On myspace, of course. The teen had been contacted by the boy who claimed to have moved from Florida to nearby O'Fallon. Their Internet relationship blossomed over the next six weeks, and the girl was on cloud nine. But then, the proverbial hammer fell a... 
John Douglas responds to Malcolm GladwellOn Monday, November 12, 2007, long time New Yorker staff writer, Malcom Gladwell, penned an editorial on criminal profiling, likening profilers to psychics. To make his point, Gladwell attempts to take the reader through a series of annectdotal and "what if" tales while heavily relying upon the re... 
Dangerous Ideas"Every era has its dangerous ideas. For millennia, the monotheistic religions have persecuted countless heresies, together with nuisances from science such as geocentrism, biblical archeology, and the theory of evolution. We can be thankful that the punishments have changed from torture and muti... 
Marketing miseryIt has been stated that tragedies bring out the best in us. They also bring out the worst. This seems especially so when the tragedy involves a child. Unlike adult victims however, child victims are generally shielded from the media spotlight. For several reasons, the least of which involves the b... 
Modern day Dadas or ...On Sunday evening, March 18, 2007, Italian Carabinieri found themselves grappling with the mysterious case of a young man who had wandered into the their Vercelli barracks. By the time the media picked up the story, officials had determined the young mans oddessey began 70 miles to the northeast n... 
Biscuits du jourThe field of forensic psychology is generally about psychology and the legal system. There is however one area of which few may be aware. Forensic psychologist also consult in domains that have an international impact. Take the war on terrorism, for example. 
Finders Keepers, Losers SleepersThe Finders is another one of those new age cults whose history dates back to the late-1960s. Yes, starting cults was quite the "thang" back then. The thing is, there are a ton of them out there--more than most of you might realize. Of course, not every self-proclaimed group is necessarily a cult.... 
Suffer the little childrenOn Monday, August 21, 2006, a UK station aired the Cutting Edge: Cult Killer--a program exploring how one man's abuse in a destructive cult culminated in a murder-suicide. That man was 29 year-old Richard Peter Rodriguez and the cult was the Children of God, founded by David Brandt Berg in 1968. 
In the name of the childWith each newly reported horrific crime there will always be those who are poised to exploit the victims for this cause or that as they play the inflation game while engaging in argumentum absurdem. These same individuals unabashedly (and unashamedly, I might add) seem to have not a problem provid... 
The sacred executionerIn his book, "The Sacred Executioner," Hyam Maccoby notes: "A figure in mythology that has received little attention is that of the Sacred Executioner. [...] By taking the blame for the slaying, he is performing a great service to society, for not only does he perform the deed, but he takes upon ... 
Myspace, meatspaceI have other articles I planned to finish however in browsing tonights news, I was distracted by the recent flurry over myspace. Here are just a few headlines culled from the last two weeks: 
Reclaiming the InnocentsChildhood is deemed by our society to be the age of innocence--free from the adult burdens of working to meet physical and psychological needs. Optimistically, a child need not worry about whether they will have shelter, where their next meal will come from, whether or not they are loved. Or safe,... News Bytes...
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