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John Edward Douglas (born June 18, 1945) is an American retired special agent and unit chief in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was one of the first criminal profilers and has written and co-written books on criminal psychology , true crime novels, and his biography.
Aug 25, 2019 · The show's main protagonist, Holden Ford, is loosely based on former FBI special agent John E. Douglas, who was one of the bureau's first criminal profiles. Many of the stories from...
Jan 12, 2022 · John Douglas is the pioneer of criminal profiling. The former FBI agent’s autobiographical book Mindhunter — now a critically acclaimed Netflix series by the same name — explains how he assisted in murder investigations by getting inside the heads of some of the world’s worst serial killers.
Jan 18, 2023 · Last updated: Jan 18, 2023 • 5 min read. John Edward Douglas is a former FBI agent and one of the world’s premier criminal profilers. He worked to bring numerous serial killers to justice and to understand what leads some people to commit such brutal murders in the first place.
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FBI Special Agent. 1970 -1995. Author. 1995 – Present. Legendary Profiler & FBI Investigative Support Unit Founder. As an innovator at the FBI in the late 1970s, John Douglas developed new investigative techniques for hunting serial killers, sex offenders, and other violent offenders.
Aug 1, 1996 · John E. Douglas is a former FBI special agent, the Bureau’s criminal profiling pioneer and one of the creators of the Crime Classification Manual. He is currently a consultant on...
Feb 1, 2022 · From John Douglas—the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter—comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him.
- John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker
