Robert K. Ressler

JOHN E. DOUGLAS has been an FBI agent for over thirtyyears. One of the most successful and best-known true crime authorsin the country, his many books include the New York Timesbestseller Mind Hunter, which first introduced the public tothe idea of psychological profiles as a tool in hunting downkillers. ANN W. BURGESS, RN, DNSc, is the author of nine textbookson psychiatric nursing and crisis intervention and ten books onassessment and treatment of child, adolescent, and adult sexualassault victims and serial offenders. ALLEN G. BURGESS is a former associate professor in theCollege of Business Administration at Northeastern University inBoston. ROBERT K. RESSLER, MS, is a twenty-year veteran of theFBI. He developed many of the programs that led to the formulationof the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime.