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1. Offender Profiling (Wikipedia)
Offender profiling, FBI sectionQuote, Offender profiling, FBI section
In 1972, after the death of J. Edgar Hoover, who was skeptical of psychiatry, the Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) of the FBI was formed by Patrick Mullany and Howard Teten in 1972, leading to the rapid development of the field.
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