They conducted extensive interviews with serial killers to provide foundational data, which led to formalised profiling methodologies. Studying the psychology behind a crime allows profilers to ...

Criminal profiling, the technique of deciphering the ... Through a combination of empirical data, deductive reasoning and ...

Burgess’s role in the evolution of criminal profiling and its application to several serial killer investigations are detailed in the new book, A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest ...