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Ressler, Robert K.
1937 - Ressler Rob was born.
1970 - He served in the US Army before joining the FBI.
1980 - Ressler helped to organize the interviews of thirty-six incarcerated serial killers in order to find parallels between such criminal's backgrounds and motives.
- This consists of a centralized computer database of information on unsolved homicides.
1990 - Ressler retired from the FBI and is the author of a number of books about serial murder.
1993 - He was brought in to London to assist in the investigation into the murders committed by Colin Ireland.
- John E. Douglas, whom Ressler was a mentor to at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, as well as a colleague and friend.
1970 - He served in the US Army before joining the FBI.
1980 - Ressler helped to organize the interviews of thirty-six incarcerated serial killers in order to find parallels between such criminal's backgrounds and motives.
- This consists of a centralized computer database of information on unsolved homicides.
1990 - Ressler retired from the FBI and is the author of a number of books about serial murder.
1993 - He was brought in to London to assist in the investigation into the murders committed by Colin Ireland.
- John E. Douglas, whom Ressler was a mentor to at the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, as well as a colleague and friend.
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Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI (St. Martin's True Crime Library) by Robert K. Ressler and Thomas Schachtman (Mass Market Paperback - Mar 15, 1993) This book is an overview of the career of the FBI man who nearly single-handedly created the system for personality profiling of violent offenders. If there's a big-time multiple murderer from about... ![]() Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Sexual Homicide: Patterns and Motives- Paperback by John E. Douglas and Ann W. Burgess and Robert K. Ressler (Paperback - Jun 1, 1995) Who are the men committing the rising number of serial homicides in the U.S. -- and why do they kill? The increase in these violent crimes over the past decade has created an urgent need for more and... ![]() Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes by John Douglas and Ann W. Burgess and Allen G. Burgess and Robert K. Ressler (Paperback - Sep 11, 2006) This is the second edition of the landmark book that standardized the language and terminology used throughout the criminal justice system. It classifies the critical characteristics of the... ![]() Usually ships in 24 hours |
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I Have Lived in the Monster: Inside the Minds of the World's Most Notorious Serial Killers (St. Martin's True Crime Library) by Robert K. Ressler and Tom Shachtman (Mass Market Paperback - Mar 15, 1998) From their gruesome, body-strewn lairs, to the darkest regions of their twisted psyches, Robert K. Ressler shows you serial killers as you've never seen them before.In his phenomenally... ![]() |
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I Have Lived in the Monster: A Report From The Abyss by Robert K. Ressler and Tom Shachtman (Hardcover - May 15, 1997) "It seems that when normal life goes into eclipse, the differences in cultural patterns also fade away, and at the outer edges of behavior, deviant patterns are the same, the world over." This... ![]() |
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Justice Is Served by Robert K. Ressler and Tom Shachtman (Paperback - Jan 8, 1996) ![]() |
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