And there will be no remorse toward the victims. That's something they can't identify with because they consider themselves the victims. One of the things that always amazes me during interviews with killers is that once you get them back to the day of the crime, they can remember such specific details. We're always hearing about how the prisoner has been rehabilitated. When I ask for proof, I'm told the subject says he has remorse and that he's been a model prisoner.
Predators tend to do very well in a structured environment.
One of the things incarceration has done is basically put their bodies on ice. But the fantasy in their minds is still going. So once you release them from jail, watch out. John Douglas is a former FBI agent who, during a 25-year career with the agency, helped pioneer the concept of criminal personality profiling that is now a standard investigative tool in serial crime investigations. Inc. All rights reserved.