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Into the Minds of Madmen

How the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit Revolutionized Crime Investigation
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When law enforcement struggles to solve a serial murder, arson, rape, or child abduction, and is making little headway, it turns to the FBI's legendary Behavioural Science Unit (BSU) at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Over the past three decades, more than thirty members of this elite team have worked to capture countless elusive criminals. Rarely have they been appreciated. Never has their story been told. This unique oral history will provide fascinating reading for fans of "CSI", "Profiler", and other similar dramas, and is also a long overdue and fitting tribute to the heroic men and women of the Behavioural Science Unit, who fight everyday to keep Americans safe.
Don DeNevi is the author, coauthor, or editor of thirty-five books, including Profilers: Leading Investigators Take You Inside the Criminal Mind and Into the Minds of Madmen: How the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit Revolutionized Crime Investigation (both with John H. Campbell). John H. Campbell, Ph.D., is a professor in the criminal justice department at St. Cloud State University and the former Unit Chief of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit.
"So there we were hunkered down in our offices far below the Firearms Unit struggling to outsmart the bastards. And, boy, did we need each other. We had this image of armor, that the work of poring over photographs of absolutely anguishing, terrifying killings didn't bother us. Most of the time we couldn't even eat our lunches or sleep at night . . . . Fortunately, our work was a kind of glue which held us together. The horrible work bonded us in a way no other work could"
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