Roger Depue

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Roger Depue is a 21-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he served as Unit Chief of the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Following retirement from the FBI, Depue founded The Academy Group, Inc (AGI).

[edit] History

One of the pioneers of the FBI's Behavior Science Unit, Dr. Depue was first assigned there in 1974 as a Supervisory Special Agent. He served as an instructor and researcher until his promotion to the position of Chief of Behavioral Sciences in 1980, a post he held until his retirement from the FBI in 1989.

Regarding his work with violent predators, Dr. Depue says: "Understanding the fantasy is very important. Many times in crime scene you can see fantasy. Many times the criminals with intense fantasies will draw victimizations. In prison and criminological research you will find all kinds of drawings where the fantasy is still alive".^[1] This led him to coin the term “leakage”, which basically means that one's fantasies consciously or subconsciously tend to leak out.^[2] It also allows offender profilers obtain information on a criminal's motivation.

[edit] Sources and Further Reading

• Depue, Roger L. and and Susan Schindehette, Between Good and Evil: Hunting Society's Most Violent Predators, Warner Books, 2005.
• Chasing the Dragon,: A Conversation with the Academy Group. (Interview with Roger Depue), Millennium TV series Fox DVD documentary, 2004.

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