The Fun of Research

I began some background research today into Criminal Profiling. I haven't read anything criminology based since I took Criminology many moons ago. Although I didn't find a lot that I could utilize directly in my spec script, I did learn a lot of very interesting information on the fathers of criminal profiling in America and Great Britain.

That's the fun of research. Learning something new and going off in a new direction. I did learn the basics of what profilers look for and what the four subtypes of serial killers are. Those items may be helpful at some point in my writing. Of course, there are also the four profiling phase questions that were interesting as well. . .

So, it wasn't a wasted research period. And, of course, I now have a long list of names and books to turn to of the real big boys of profiling. If you are ever interested in writing about Criminal Profiling, here are the top gentlemen I found to be the most interesting for my personal writing purposes: James A. Brussel who developed what we now know as Criminal profiling, Howard Teten, who helped form the famous BAU in Quantico while building off of Brussel's approach, and Richard Walter and Bob Keppel who interviewed 2,000 murderers, etc. in order to create the subtypes of serial killers. There are many more, but these stood out for me.

Peace!
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