Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

This article is about the book. For other uses, see Mindhunter.

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit is a 1995 non-fiction crime book written by retired FBI agent John E. Douglas and his co-author Mark Olshaker.

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

First edition cover
Author	John E. Douglas Mark Olshaker
Language	English
Subject	Serial killers and mass murderers
Published	1995
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print, e-book, audiobook
ISBN	978-0-684-80376-0

Description

The book details Douglas's "criminal-personality profiling" on serial killers and mass murderers, which he developed over decades of interviews with known killers. The book includes profiles of the Atlanta child killer, David Carpenter, Edmund Kemper, Robert Hansen, and Larry Gene Bell, and suggests proactive steps on luring culprits to contact the police.^[1][2]

Adaptation

In 2017, the Netflix series Mindhunter began production, and drew inspiration heavily from the book.^[3]