The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (526 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1401341268 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dreadful book - doesn't deserve one 'star' I am a former and original profiler, extensively trained by the FBI, and I did many profiles of cases for over 10 years. I 'invented' a profiling class and continue to teach it at a community college in Colorado. I was a police officer in Southern California for 10 years, and retired from the FBI with over 20 years of service. I have done hundreds of investigations and literally thousands of interviews. I have trained hundreds of officers in the concepts of criminal profiling. I. Two Stars Somewhat interesting but a little too folksy.. "Platform for getting the word out regarding some needs in the criminal justice system" according to amazonbuyer. I knew nothing about Pat Brown before reading this book. The title piqued my interest because I'm becoming more curious about lies as they pertain to "normal" people in their relationships as well as in criminals.I found out that Ms. Brown is a bit of a celebrity in the area of criminal profiling. She has made a name for herself because she is on a mission to get a system created whereby various states and counties across the U.S. can "talk" to one another. This way, as criminal
She appears on national television and radio often--more than 1,000 times in the past decade to discuss high-profile cases. Bob Andelman is the author or co-author of several best-selling biographical, business, management and sports books, including Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, The Profit Zone: Lessons of Strategic Genius from the People Who Created the World's Most Valued Companies, and Built from Scratch: How a Couple of Regular Guys Grew The Home Depo
Pat Brown is now one of the nation's few female criminal profilers--a sleuth who assists police departments and victims' families by analyzing both physical and behavioral evidence to make the most scientific determination possible about who committed a crime. In 1990, a young woman was strangled on a jogging path near the home of Pat Brown and her family. Brown has analyzed many dozens of seemingly hopeless cases and brought new investigative avenues to light. In The Profiler, Brown opens her case files to take readers behind the scenes of bizarre sex crimes, domestic murders, and mysterious deaths, going face-to-face with killers, rapists, and brutalized victims. It's a rare, up-clos
From her work and wisdom comes the hope we all need to end the viciousness of killers who prey on the innocent."Derek VanLuchene, president and founder of Ryan United"In her new book, Pat Brown takes the reader along with her as she works to solve grisly crimes that have baffled others. Pat Brown exposes the methods and the means, the hows and the whys, and exactly what it is that makes a criminal tick--fascinating!"Stacy Dittrich, author of Murder Behind the Badge: True Stories of Cops Who Kill and veteran police officer and law enforcement media consul