Learning about crime in great detail forces us to ask ourselves how it happened, how the victims and perpetrators got to that point, how the law works, how the police force functions.
There are two things that matter in a criminal investigation of a subject.What did the person do, and when they did that thing, what were they thinking? When you look at the hundred-years-plus of the Justice Department investigation and prosecution of mishandling of classified information, those two questions are obviously present.
In all the years I've taught at the FBI Academy, I've only seen crime get easier, faster, and harder to detect.
Oftentimes, the only evidence left behind at the scene of a shooting are bullet shell casings.
Using MO to link crimes can be problematic.
Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike.
A working detective has no hope of understanding what even experts who devote their lives to the study of criminal psychology can't figure out.
The best crime novels are not about how a detective works on a case; they are about how a case works on a detective.
Economic crimes are complex in nature, difficult to untangle, and they must be investigated according to the procedures set by the law.
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
When 'The Washington Post' ran the first national story about FBI profiling in 1984, no one outside of law enforcement recognized the term.
I do believe that Jodi Arias shows a lot of signs of mental illness.
The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime.
Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three!
We can't get at crime unless we know what language it speaks. Otherwise, we are just suppressing the cough, not curing the disease.
There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.
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.
If the people would but analyze the human equation of a prison they might better account for the crimes that are visited upon them in cities, towns, and hamlets, ofttimes by men who graduated with an education and equipment for just that sort of retributive service from some penal institution.
My job is to investigate whether or not a crime is committed, can be proved and should be charged. I'm not going to comment on what to make beyond that. You know, it's not my jurisdiction, not my job, not my judgment.
My approach to the story... is if you can get into a criminal's mind and understand how it works and understand how crime is committed, you can help prevent it from happening to someone else.
I am fascinated by crime scene investigating. I swear, I wish I was a crime scene investigator sometimes!
People at CDC [Centers for Disease Control] who cut their teeth on diseases over the last 10 years have started to think of crime as another disease, and using some of these same concepts. It was something that was in the air in that world, but it was time to bust it out and apply it to any number of different social epidemics.
'Criminal Minds' consists of stories told within the framework of the FBI behavioral science unit. It's about serial profiling.
I love the idea of getting into the mind of the criminal.
After I outlined 'Catering to Nobody,' I went and worked for a caterer. And the other thing I had to do was to talk to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department about how they investigated a crime.
