Pat Brown (criminal profiler)

Pat Brown
Born New Jersey, United States
Occupation Criminal profiler, author
Subjects Crime
Notable work(s) The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
Children 1 daughter, 2 sons
www.criminalprofilerpatbrown.com//

Pat Brown, born in 1955, is a criminal profiler, author and commentator.

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Biography

Brown was born in New Jersey and moved with her family to Virginia at age 9. She has lived in Maryland since 1982.[1]

Education

In 1981, she graduated with a liberal arts degree from the University of the State of New York. In 2007, she received her master’s degree in criminal justice from Boston University.

Career

After having once rented a room to a murder suspect, Brown was moved to become an investigative criminal profiler. By 1996, she'd founded The Sexual Homicide Exchange (SHE). In 2000, she opened The Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency.[2] Today, she is one of the few women criminal profilers, assisting police departments and victims' families by analyzing physical and behavioral evidence to make determinations about crime behavior, suspects and motive.[3]

Since it was founded, The Sexual Homicide Exchange has offered profiling and investigative services at no cost to law enforcement. The Sexual Homicide Exchange is also home to The Society for Investigative Criminal Profiling, which works toward deductive profiling and establishing practice standards for criminal profilers.

Brown wrote about her criminological approach in The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths [4] with co-author Bob Andelman. She also wrote about the psychology of predators in Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers.[5] In addition, she is a co-founder of and a regular contributor to Women in Crime Ink,[6] described by the Wall Street Journal as "a blog worth reading."[7]

Brown has provided crime commentary, profiling, and forensic analysis on national and international TV and radio. She regularly appears on CNN, MSNBC,[8][9] FOX, NBC and CBS and is a frequent guest on the "Today," "The Early Show," "Nancy Grace," Jane Velez-Mitchell, HLN "Prime News,"[10] FOX TV’s “America’s Most Wanted,” and “The Montel Williams Show.” For four seasons, she profiled crimes on the weekly Court TV crime show, “I, Detective.”[11][12] She was the host of Discovery Channel’s 2004 documentary The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra.[13] And she consulted, as well as appeared as a featured profiler, on "Jack the Ripper" (2010) for The Mystery Files.[14]

Brown was a writer for The Crime Library,[15] and a content contributor for the 2005 home DVD edition of Profiler: Season Two and the 2006 DVD release of Quentin Tarantino’s crime classic Reservoir Dogs.[16]

In May 2010, Ann Curry with NBC's the Today Show interviewed Brown about her latest book, The Profiler.[17]

Editions

The Profiler has been translated and released in Korea[18] as well as in Germany.[19]

Books

References

  1. ^ "''The Hindu'' magazine profile, "To Catch a Killer," April 18, 2004". Hindu.com. 2004-04-18. http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/04/18/stories/2004041800250400.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  2. ^ "The Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency". Criminalprofilerpatbrown.com. http://www.criminalprofilerpatbrown.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  3. ^ Pelisek, Christine (2009-04-10). ""Profiler Profiles the Grim Sleeper," ''Los Angeles Weekly'', April 10, 2009". Blogs.laweekly.com. http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/crime/profiler-profiles-the-grim-sle-1/. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  4. ^ Douglas, John. "Amazon book listing, The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1401341268. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  5. ^ Hare, Robert D.. "Amazon book listing, Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597775754. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  6. ^ "Women in Crime Ink, contributor". Womenincrimeink.blogspot.com. http://www.womenincrimeink.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  7. ^ Wall Street Journal article
  8. ^ "Rita Cosy Live, "The Murder of Pamela Vitale"". MSNBC. 2005-10-18. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9740503. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  9. ^ "Scarborough Country, "The Runaway Bride"". MSNBC. 2005-05-05. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7749572/. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  10. ^ "LexisNexis News listing". .lexisnexis.com. http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100007219&docId=l:1179415911&start=13. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  11. ^ “I, Detective” cast listing, IMDb
  12. ^ "Appearance on Rita Cosy Live, "The Murder of Pamela Vitale"". MSNBC. 2005-10-18. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9740503. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  13. ^ "TVSA actor listing". Tvsa.co.za. http://www.tvsa.co.za/actorprofile.asp?actorID=8382. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  14. ^ "The Mystery Files". The Mystery Files. http://www.mysteryfiles.com/episodes/season-1/episode-2/jack-the-ripper/. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  15. ^ "truTV article, "Always a Dangerous Mother?"". Trutv.com. 2011-05-15. http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/psychology/munchausen_syndrome/9.html?print=yes. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  16. ^ "‘’TV Guide’’ credits listing". Tvguide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pat-brown/credits/261780. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  17. ^ Celizic, Mike (2010-05-18). ""Meet the ex-housewife who stalks psycho killers," Today Show, May 18, 2010". Today.msnbc.msn.com. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37211315/ns/today-today_people. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  18. ^ "Korean edition of ''The Profiler''". Bookgom.co.kr. http://www.bookgom.co.kr/book/detailBookBasic.gom?seq=364183&book_seq=364183. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 
  19. ^ "German edition of ''The Profiler''". Amazon.de. 2009-09-09. http://www.amazon.de/dp/B004W5YT3I. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 

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