Serial Offenders Quotes

“Manipulation. Domination. Control. These are the three watchwords of violent serial offenders.”
― John E. Douglas, Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

“But what my colleagues and I have found and have tried desperately to get across to others in the business of correction and forensic psychology is that dangerousness is situational. If you can keep someone in a well-ordered environment where he doesn’t have choices to make, he may be fine. But put him back in the environment in which he did badly before, his behavior can quickly change.”
― John E. Douglas, Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

“Some of the biggest serial killers are among the nicest people you will ever meet!”
― Steven Magee