The FBI formed its Behavioral Science Unit in 1974 to study serial predators. Since then, the art and craft of criminal profiling have become the subject of numerous books, TV shows and iconic films ...

We have all seen criminal profiling on hit TV shows and films like Criminal Minds, The Silence of the Lambs, Cracker, and Mindhunter, and heard the legendary tales of “profilers” catching elusive ...

As the summer of 1988 transitioned to autumn, two London physicians dedicated themselves to uncovering the identity of infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. Using a combination of autopsy results ...

Ed Kemper. Monte Rissell. BTK. Ann Wolbert Burgess explores these notorious serial killers, various other cases, and her career as a forensic psychiatric nurse with the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article contains graphic descriptions of homicide and assault. Please read with care. A month after Lyle and Erik Menendez were arrested for brutally slaying their parents inside ...

Connell School of Nursing Professor Ann Wolbert Burgess received a phone call at her Boston College office in 1978 that would alter the course of her career and lead to a seismic shift in the practice ...

Criminal profiler John Kelly says ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie disappearance appear inauthentic, claiming they read like two ...

Criminal profiling techniques are now an integral part of police investigations, but the scientific approach was not yet that popular when Kwon Il-yong became Korea’s first criminal profiler in 2000.

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. As cybercrime increasingly becomes prevalent today, an educator has made it her mission to find new ways to enhance education in this ...

After years of trying to understand the minds of people who hurt others, I have recently turned my attention as a criminal psychologist from violent crimes to the less well-known world of green crime.