The Psychological Profile of a Killer. Secret FBI Techniques

John Douglas is a legend in American criminal psychology and psychiatry. His image served as the basis for the creation of the famous Jack Crawford from «The Silence of the Lambs», and the series «Mindhunter» was filmed based on the books of John Douglas. This man created and developed the methodology for compiling a psychological profile of a criminal, thanks to which the statistics for solving serial murders have increased several times. Douglas has over a thousand investigated cases related to the commission of the most serious crimes, including gruesome serial murders, murders related to abductions, and sexual exploitation of children in the USA. In this book, John Douglas talks about the work of his department and the most interesting cases from his practice.