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Wikipedia: Robert Ressler

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The encyclopedia article on Robert Ressler, the FBI agent who coined the term serial killer and helped pioneer offender profiling through interviews with incarcerated killers.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ressler
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Encyclopedia
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Wikipedia: Robert Ressler
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ressler
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Wikipedia: Robert Ressler
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wikipedia: Robert Ressler
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played a significant role in the psychological profiling of violent offenders in the 1970s
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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Criminologists and Reformers, 8 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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9

Criminologists and Reformers

General References

4

Criminologists and Reformers

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