What I Do (John Douglas)
Profiling: Fact vs. Fiction Before I begin going into current cases, which I will do in future articles, I thought it might be useful for visitors to this site to have an overview of what profiling is, and what it’s not. Some of you may be very familiar with my work, but for those of [...]
The Church of Combative Truth
First, let me share with the reader that I am a person who believes in God: but this is not a posting on belief systems when it comes to religion, but rather a comparison of what I see taking place between religious factions around the world, and how it compares to the similarities of what [...]
.Mood Disorders
What Are Mood Disorders? Four basic forms of mood disorders are major depression, cyclothymia (a mild form of bipolar disorder), SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and mania (euphoric, hyperactive, over inflated ego, unrealistic optimism.) How Common Are Mood Disorders? About 20% of the U.S. population reports at least one depressive symptom in a given month, and [...]
Violent Predators Hide Behind the Insanity Defense But They Know the Difference Between Right and Wrong
Angel Maturino Resendiz, the so-called Railway Killer, has admitted killing nine people in two years. His victims were bludgeoned, raped, beaten, stabbed, clubbed or shot. Some were hacked into pieces. In his death penalty trial for the Dec. 17, 1998, murder of Dr. Claudia Benton, Maturino Resendiz has entered a plea of not guilty by [...]
The Fog of War
The “Fog Of War” is where one side tries to guess an enemy’s strength and intentions, which introduces many unknowns. Incomplete, erroneous, or no information leads commanders to make “best guesses” to fight a battle. The “Fog Of War” is in my opinion also very relevant to the street as well. Another analogy that I [...]
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative disorders are so-called because they are marked by a dissociation from or interruption of a person’s fundamental aspects of waking consciousness (such as one’s personal identity, one’s personal history, etc.). Dissociative disorders come in many forms, the most famous of which is dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder). All of the [...]
Who Is the Unknown Subject? Finding Patterns in the Aftermath of Crimes
Without question, the most well known aspect of what profilers do in an investigation is put together a composite of the UNSUB — the killer, rapist or other “unknown subject” at large. Since acting as technical consultant to the novel The Silence of the Lambs and its film adaptation — and watching both skyrocket in [...]
The Missing Links of Reality Based Self defense
A few months ago I wrote an article called; “The Four Pillars Of Combatives Training”. In this posting, I stated that any “reputable” self-protection program should cover, in depth, what I call the “Four Pillars Of Combatives” being: The Pre Event Show The Surprise Guest The Main Event The Post Event show With “Reality Based [...]
Schizophrenia Group
A. Characteristic symptoms: Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if successfully treated): (1) delusions (2) hallucinations (3) disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence) (4) grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior (5) negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition Note: Only [...]
