David_Lohr
10-31-2006, 11:19 AM
Profiles of serial killers have limitations
By University of California, Davis - Health System
Oct 29, 2006
Dennis Rader, the notorious BTK murderer who eluded capture for more than 30 years until his arrest in 2005, did not fit precisely into the FBI's method for profiling serial killers on the basis of crime scenes.
And Aileen Wuornos, the Florida prostitute executed in 2002 for slaying seven men over a two-year period in the early 1990s, didn't fit at all because the database of convicted serial killers used by the FBI in developing their profiling method did not include women.
Read the full story here:http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/healthcare/usa/article_5110.shtml
By University of California, Davis - Health System
Oct 29, 2006
Dennis Rader, the notorious BTK murderer who eluded capture for more than 30 years until his arrest in 2005, did not fit precisely into the FBI's method for profiling serial killers on the basis of crime scenes.
And Aileen Wuornos, the Florida prostitute executed in 2002 for slaying seven men over a two-year period in the early 1990s, didn't fit at all because the database of convicted serial killers used by the FBI in developing their profiling method did not include women.
Read the full story here:http://www.rxpgnews.com/medicalnews/healthcare/usa/article_5110.shtml