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Apr 2024
47m 49s

Understanding the mind of a serial kille...

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
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From Jack the Ripper to Jeffrey Dahmer to the Gilgo Beach killer, serial killers have long inspired public fear – and public fascination. Louis Schlesinger, PhD, a professor of psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and co-investigator of a research project on sexual and serial murder with the FBI Behavioral Science Unit, talks ab ... Show More
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