{"id":1387,"date":"2010-03-24T08:16:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T13:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2010-03-24T09:35:05","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T14:35:05","slug":"former-fbi-profiler-will-deliver-emerson-thomas-crone-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2010\/former-fbi-profiler-will-deliver-emerson-thomas-crone-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Former FBI profiler will deliver Emerson-Thomas-Crone Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Douglas<\/p><\/div>\n

MAGNOLIA – John Douglas, a pioneer criminal profiler, will deliver the 2010 Emerson-Thomas-Crone Lecture at 7 p.m., Monday, April 12, in Foundation Hall in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center on the Southern Arkansas University campus.<\/p>\n

Douglas founded and oversaw the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s Criminal Profiling Unit and pursued widely-known criminal investigations as head of the Bureau\u2019s Investigative Support Unit.<\/p>\n

Douglas broke new ground by using evidence at crime scenes to develop a profile of criminals that revealed their habits and predicted their next moves. His early profile of the Unabomber was treated with skepticism, but the application of behavioral science findings became standard in criminal investigations.<\/p>\n

He pursued infamous serial murderers including the \u201cAtlanta child murderer\u201d and the \u201cTrailside Killer\u201d in San Francisco throughout his long career. He also interviewed dozens of convicted killers, including Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) and James Earl Ray to better understand the minds of violent criminals. This research produced landmark studies that earned both academic awards and aided law enforcement investigators.<\/p>\n

Douglas has been the basis for characters played by Scott Glenn in \u201cThe Silence of the Lambs\u201d and Harvey Keitel in \u201cThe Red Dragon.\u201d Among his many books are Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit<\/em>, Journey Into Darkness<\/em>, The Anatomy of Motive<\/em>, and \u00a0Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Emerson-Thomas-Crone Lectureship in the Humanities was established by an initial gift from Sarai T. Crone.\u00a0 Her son, John T. Crone, III, of San Antonio, Texas, completed the funding of her commitment as executor of her estate. The lectureship in the College of Liberal and Performing Arts at Southern Arkansas University provides for an annual presentation by an outstanding figure in history, literature, psychology, sociology, or political science.<\/p>\n

The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing for John Douglas \u00a0in Salon A in the Reynolds Center will follow the presentation. For more information, contact the College of Liberal and Performing Arts at (870) 235-4200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MAGNOLIA – John Douglas, a pioneer criminal profiler, will deliver the 2010 Emerson-Thomas-Crone Lecture at 7 p.m., Monday, April 12, in Foundation Hall in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center on the Southern Arkansas University campus. Douglas founded and oversaw the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s Criminal Profiling Unit and pursued widely-known criminal investigations… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":1390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[97,207,276,288],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alumni","8":"category-college-of-liberal-performing-arts","9":"category-community-corner","10":"category-regional-news","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}