Word: ressler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...agents take pains not to exaggerate the powers of profiling. "It's a myth that a profile always solves the case," cautions retired agent Robert Ressler, now a consultant to the unit. "It's not the magic bullet of investigations. It's simply another tool." Behavioral analysis can aid in other ways besides identifying a suspect. It can indicate what the offender might do after the crime: certain types of killers will return to where they disposed of the body; a remorseful murderer is likely to visit the victim's grave...