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Mark Olshaker (born February 28, 1951) is an American author from
Washington, D.C.
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who frequently collaborates with
FBI
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agent
John E. Douglas in writing books about criminal and investigative psychology. In 1995, they formed Mindhunters, Inc. and later released ''
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit'', which was made into a
Netflix
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series ''
Mindhunter'' in 2017.
Olshaker worked with public health scientist,
Michael Osterholm
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On November 9, 2020, Osterholm was named to ...
, detailing the medical system's lack of preparation for another pandemic in their book ''
Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs''.
In his ''
New York Times
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'' article ''"We’re Not Ready for a Flu Pandemic"'', Olshaker criticized the lack of funding the government invested in developing a flu vaccine, citing the
National Institutes of Health
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only received $32 million and
Biomedical Advanced Research received $43 million for such research in 2017.
Olshaker is a supporter of
victims' rights
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.
Publications
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit.'' New York: Scribner. 1995.
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Journey into Darkness.'' New York: Scribner. 1997.
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back.'' New York: Scribner. 1998.
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals.'' New York: Scribner. 1999.
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''
The Cases That Haunt Us.'' New York: Scribner. 2000.
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Law & Disorder.'' New York: Kensington 2013.
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter.'' New York: HarperCollins. 2020.
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''The Killer's Shadow: The FBI's Hunt for a White Supremacist Serial Killer''. Dey Street Books. 2020
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town''. Dey Street Books. 2022
Fiction
* Douglas, John E., Mark Olshaker. ''Broken Wings (Mindhunters).'' Atria. 1999.
See also
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Crime Classification Manual
''Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes'' (1992) is a text on the classification of violent crimes by John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess and Robert K. Ressler. The publicat ...
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FBI Method of Profiling
The FBI method of profiling is a system created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) used to detect and classify the major personality and behavioral characteristics of an individual based upon analysis of the crime or crimes the person c ...
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Forensic psychology
Forensic psychology is the development and application of scientific knowledge and methods to help answer legal questions arising in criminal, civil, contractual, or other judicial proceedings. Forensic psychology includes both research on various ...
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Investigative psychology
In applied psychology, investigative psychology attempts to describe the actions of offenders and develop an understanding of crime. This understanding can then help solve crimes and contribute to prosecution and defense procedures. It brings to ...
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Offender profiling
Offender profiling, also known as criminal profiling, is an investigative strategy used by law enforcement agencies to identify likely suspects and has been used by investigators to link cases that may have been committed by the same perpetrator ...
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John E. Douglas
References
External links
Mindhunters website
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Offender profiling
1951 births
Living people
American horror writers
George Washington University alumni
Writers from Washington, D.C.
American male non-fiction writers
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers