Linking Cases together- Following a killers Signature
Like everyone else, a killer learns from experience. If you don’t catch him right away, he’ll begin to develop his modus operandi, or MO, and probably get better at the crime. Maybe he’ll find a more efficient way to kill someone or a quicker way to abduct a woman from a car. He’ll start showing [...]
Even Killers Improve With Age Experience Brings Sophistication to Their Methods
How does a profiler determine a killer’s age? Among the characteristics we profile, it is always one of the hardest to pin down because emotional age and experiential age don’t always match up with chronological years. But the rule of thumb is: the older the victim, the younger the subject. What I usually do is [...]
Street 101
Taking It To The Streets: The Police: First of all, I am a police officer and have some knowledge in this topic. Most people believe that the police are the first line of defense. In a perfect world this may be true, but the fact is “YOU” are going to be the first line of [...]
Compulsion
Involuntary repetition of a stereotyped and ritualistic action or movement, usually in connection with a wish or a fear. The patient is aware of the irrationality of the compulsive act (in other words: she knows that there is no real connection between her fears and wishes and what she is repeatedly compelled to do). Most [...]
Humiliation, Rejection, Inadequacy Serial Killers Need to Be in Control
Ask a woman what her greatest fear is, and she’ll tell you it’s finding herself in a situation where she’s alone and under attack. Ask a man the same question — his greatest fear is of being humiliated, especially in front of others. When a young boy feels disgraced, rejected or backed into a corner, [...]
Threat Pattern Recognition and Early Threat Detection
No matter the mode of attack (psychological, emotional, verbal, physical), or if the threat is armed or not, what can give us the tactical advantage, especially in the pre-contact phase of a confrontation, is the ability to recognize a threat “pattern”. Because we know that the skilled predator(s) will use the element of surprise to [...]
Borderline Personality Disorder
BPD; Often diagnosed among women, it is a controversial mental health diagnosis. Borderlines are characterized by stormy, short-lived, and unstable relationships – matched by wildly fluctuating (labile) self-image and emotional expression (affect). They are impulsive and reckless – their sexual conduct is frequently unsafe, they binge eat, gamble, drive, and shop carelessly, and are substance [...]
Dealing With the Drug Induced Or Mentally Disturbed Attacker
In a number of the forums that I surf, one common question that pops up with more and frequency is the issue of having to deal with an attacker that may be high on drugs or experiencing mental health challenges. As can be appreciated, drug abuse and mental health issues are real public health concerns [...]
The Keys to Martial Arts Life Mastery Key #2: CHARACTER And the Ninja’s Law of Interdependence
Nothing causes conflict more than a self-centered, “my-way or the highway” attitude. As martial artists, we know the trap that increased confidence and power can bring. It’s only through proper character development and understanding our relationship to others that allows us to choose peace over conflict. In the philosophical teachings which form the foundation for [...]
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Social shyness and anxiety coupled with feelings of inadequacy, deformity, and dysfunction and with hypersensitivity to criticism, real or imagined. Sufferers of the disorder avoid interpersonal contact because they dread rejection, embarrassment, disagreement, and disapproval. They strive to ascertain that their counterparty likes them and approves of their conduct, or their choices, before they actually [...]
