Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: John Wayne Gacy, Robert Ressler, Jeffrey Dahmer

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Robert ressler - had a knack for getting them to open up and share details. Claims it is scientifically developed - which is arguable. Revised his profile: killer displayed unusual familiarity with the killings. Classic case of the serial killer - so important to ressler: classic example of an organized killer. Ressler is one of the original profilers, started the behavioural science unit at the fbi. Many credit him with the term profiling. Slipping into a bad state of mind: had an organized mind according to ressler and then switched to disorganized. Dahmer threw a curve ball into ressler"s theory: profiles the ongoing case pretty. Ressler found out about the case and wanted to talk to them. When he heard about jwg planning to murder 33 people, ressler thought this was an organized crime, and organized killer. Mentioned to the police that their would be items kept from the victim.