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True Crime in Conversation

"Featuring a panel of US and UK law enforcement and criminal psychology specialists, this event offers viewers the opportunity to gain an expert insight in to the criminal psyche - whilst the panel discuss their experiences of serial crime cases in a Q&A style with the audience.

Amongst the expert panel for 2019 is John Douglas, former FBI serial killer profiler and writer of Mindhunter Keynote Session, which has since been made into a Netflix documentary directed by David Fincher and starring Jonathan Groff. Rising to prominence in the 1970s as chief of the FBI's Behavioural Analysis Unit, investigating uncomfortable cases from cult leader Charles Manson, to the "son of Sam" serial killer David Berkowitz, it was Douglas who drew attention to the importance of psychological profiling in pursuit of a conviction; he is often credited with coining the term "serial killer" itself."

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