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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
First edition cover
AuthorJohn E. Douglas
Mark Olshaker
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSerial killer
Published1995
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
ISBN978-0-684-80376-0

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit is 1995 non-fiction crime book written by retired FBI agent John E. Douglas and his coauthor Mark Olshaker.

Description

The book details Douglas's "criminal-personality profiling" on serial killers and mass murderers, which he developed over decades of interviews with known killers. The book includes profiles of the Atlanta child killer, Wayne Williams, Edmund Kemper, Robert Hansen, and Larry Gene Bell, and suggests proactive steps on luring culprits to contact the police.[1][2]

In other media

Television

In 2017, the Netflix series Mindhunter began production, and drew inspiration heavily from the book.[3]

References