Ronald Kessler Quotes

Rather than use the term 'profiling,' the profilers prefer to say they engage in criminal investigative analysis. That is because, besides developing profiles, the analysts offer a range of other advice, including personality assessments and interview techniques tailored to a particular offender.

When 'The Washington Post' ran the first national story about FBI profiling in 1984, no one outside of law enforcement recognized the term.

'Criminal Minds' consists of stories told within the framework of the FBI behavioral science unit. It's about serial profiling.

Sometimes I'm like, Wow, 'Criminal Minds' is deep.

While there are many wonderful police investigators out there doing some very fine work, the majority of the time it is not brains that catches serial killers.

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.

I studied a truckload of true crime, praying for illumination, but most true crime relies on luridness and voyeurism for effect.

The FBI Academy teaches new agents that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes.

I read true crime books, and I read when people do case studies of stuff. I'm into books like that. Case studies or forensics or murder - all that good stuff.

Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.

I read a lot of books about psychopaths. I read a wonderful book Amy Hempel gave me about the guy who created criminal profiling - a fascinating book, 'Mind Hunter.'

I watch a lot of true crime on TV.

I'm definitely caught up in the Kool-Aid of true-crime stories.

I am really into crime documentaries.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has long been regarded as our nation's premier federal investigative agency.

The more featureless and commonplace a crime is, the more difficult it is to bring it home.

The nice thing about your police procedural as opposed to your classic murder mystery is that in a murder mystery you don't know who did it. Whereas in a police procedural you know, you know everything often and you're watching the police home in.

It is a strange thing that true crime has now got entertainment value. I don't know why people love shows about crime so much.

We're in no way crime journalists or professionals really.

We know there are a lot of amazing people that work for the FBI as investigators.

I think there are lots of those moments when we meet people - listeners at a meet-and-greet - and they tell us that they've changed their major to forensic science, or criminal justice, or they've become a victim's advocate.

The inability to access evidence or intelligence despite the lawful authority to do so significantly impacts the FBI's ability to identify, investigate, prosecute, or otherwise deter criminals, terrorists, and other offenders.

True crime has always been popular.

There's been some people I've overheard talking about 'Mindhunter.' I'll lean in and say, 'Hey, I haven't seen it yet. Is it any good?' And they'll say, 'Yeah, you should go check it out.'