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Between Good and Evil: A Master Profiler's Hunt for Society's Most Violent Predators

par Roger L. Depue

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He was a pioneer in modern law enforcement, a trailblazing leader in the hunt for serial killers. But after decades of staring deep into the darkness, he entered a seminary to search for the good... Between Good and Evil. No one gets closer to evil than a criminal profiler, trained to penetrate the hearts and minds of society's most vicious psychopaths. And no one is a more towering figure in the world of criminal profilers than Roger L. Depue. Chief of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit at a time when its innovative work first came to prominence, he headed a renowned team of mind hunters that included John Douglas, Robert Ressler, and Roy Hazelwood. In a subbasement sixty feet under the Academy gun vault in Quantico, he broke new ground with analytical techniques and training programs that are still used today. After retiring from the FBI, he founded an elite forensics group that consulted on high-profile cases, including the Martha Moxley and JonBenet Ramsey murders, and the Columbine school shootings. But coming face-to-face with the darkest deeds human beings are capable of took a horrific toll. After suffering a devastating personal loss, Depue, on the brink of despair, walked away from the outside world and joined a seminary. For three years this was his safe haven, a place where he exorcised personal demons and found a refuge from terrifying memories of real-life monsters. And it was there, while counseling maximum security inmates, that he rediscovered the capacity for goodness in people, and made the decision to return to the world to resume his work. Here is Depue's extraordinary personal account, from growing up as a police officer's son to tracking down some of today's most brutal murderers. With its harrowing descriptions of human depravity and passionate call to fight against evil, Between Good and Evil is both a riveting dispatch from the front lines of a war against human predators...and the powerful story of one man's journey between darkness and redemption.… (plus d'informations)
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A very good book from a former FBI agent. Mentions some horrific acts of homocide that particularly touched me. And it was refreshing to hear Depue bring religion into it. I liked that about it. ( )
  briannad84 | Jun 7, 2012 |
I was disappointed with this book. Mainly because it didn’t live up to the description. Instead of saying ‘A Master Profiler’s Hunt for Society’s Most Violent Predators’, it should have said, ‘The Life Story of a Master Profiler’. The book cover’s his childhood, how he came to be in law enforcement, ended up in the FBI and an instructor at Quantico. During this time, he references cases they helped solve with the new ‘Science’ of Profiling and Behavior Analysis. He talks about how they interviewed serial killers in prison and gained valuable insight into their thought processes and behaviors, it was all very interesting. Even when he retired he started a consulting firm, using the same principles he applied as an FBI profiler to help solve cases.

Then his wife died and he just fell apart. The rest of the book is talking about how he coped with his grief, how he tried to find good in the world, tried to get away from the evil.

It is a very well written auto-biography or memoir, however you decide to view it, but that is not what I was expecting. I was expecting something more along the lines of a profiling book such as Hazelwood or Douglas would write. That is why now, having finished this book, I feel let down and disappointed. ( )
  BellaFoxx | Apr 23, 2012 |
Former head of the FBI's Behavioural Science Unit describes his career from the Marines, to local law enforcement, the FBI, and then founding a private criminal profiling company. After obtaining a PhD in psychology via night classes, he became the second leader of the BSU. His wife's death from uterian cancer drives him into the seminary for three years before he turns to his private company.

Narrative Context: High

Subject(s): True Crime; Religion thread

Type: Memoir

Pacing: Moderate

Tone: Upbeat; Hard-edged; Somewhat nostalgic

Learning/Experiencing: Experiencing
  npl | Dec 18, 2008 |
Former head of the FBI's Behavioural Science Unit describes his career from the Marines, to local law enforcement, the FBI, and then founding a private criminal profiling company. After obtaining a PhD in psychology via night classes, he became the second leader of the BSU. His wife's death from uterian cancer drives him into the seminary for three years before he turns to his private company.

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  ktoonen | May 28, 2008 |
It was a good telling of Depue's career story, but only that. As I find with most autobiographies, the writers are not very good authors. ( )
  jegan22280 | May 6, 2008 |
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He was a pioneer in modern law enforcement, a trailblazing leader in the hunt for serial killers. But after decades of staring deep into the darkness, he entered a seminary to search for the good... Between Good and Evil. No one gets closer to evil than a criminal profiler, trained to penetrate the hearts and minds of society's most vicious psychopaths. And no one is a more towering figure in the world of criminal profilers than Roger L. Depue. Chief of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit at a time when its innovative work first came to prominence, he headed a renowned team of mind hunters that included John Douglas, Robert Ressler, and Roy Hazelwood. In a subbasement sixty feet under the Academy gun vault in Quantico, he broke new ground with analytical techniques and training programs that are still used today. After retiring from the FBI, he founded an elite forensics group that consulted on high-profile cases, including the Martha Moxley and JonBenet Ramsey murders, and the Columbine school shootings. But coming face-to-face with the darkest deeds human beings are capable of took a horrific toll. After suffering a devastating personal loss, Depue, on the brink of despair, walked away from the outside world and joined a seminary. For three years this was his safe haven, a place where he exorcised personal demons and found a refuge from terrifying memories of real-life monsters. And it was there, while counseling maximum security inmates, that he rediscovered the capacity for goodness in people, and made the decision to return to the world to resume his work. Here is Depue's extraordinary personal account, from growing up as a police officer's son to tracking down some of today's most brutal murderers. With its harrowing descriptions of human depravity and passionate call to fight against evil, Between Good and Evil is both a riveting dispatch from the front lines of a war against human predators...and the powerful story of one man's journey between darkness and redemption.

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