In the section titled “ Motivations and Types of Serial Murder,” The FBI's big Serial Murder report was, however,Īlmost completely silent about the female of the species. To improve its response in identifying, investigating, and adjudicating these The report's introduction tells us that “the symposium’s focus was on obtaining aĬonsensus of participants’ views on the causes, motivations, andĬharacteristics of serial murderers, so as to enable the criminal justice system Myths about serial killers and aims to improve professional response to this type of crime. Of serial murder and about serial killers. The 14,000-word official report, Serial Murder: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives for Investigations,' has quite a lot to say about the Ten different countries on five continents.” ġ35 experts from 10 countries – very thorough, very impressive. International nature of the serial murder problem, as there were attendees from Investigated and apprehended serial killers mental health, academic, and otherĮxperts who have studied serial killers and shared their expertise throughĮducation and publication officers of the court, who have judged, prosecuted,Īnd defended serial killers and members of the media, who inform and educate

Individuals included law enforcement officials who have successfully “A total of 135 subject matter experts attended the five-day event.

TheĬonference was designed to be a comprehensive treatment of the topic of serial murder, as the official FBI report, published following the event, shows: The FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. International conference on serial murder took place in San Antonio, Texas, sponsored by

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