Micki Pistorius
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Micki Pistorius is a South African profiler
and author. She was the first Profiler to be appointed to South African Police Service (SAPS). She was the founder & Commander of Investigative Psych Unit, Serious & Violent Crimes Component of SAPS and spent six years as a profiler. She authored the first doctoral thesis on Serial Killer
s in South Africa. She was involved in more than thirty serial killer cases and participated in the training of nearly two hundred detectives in the investigation of serial homicides
Offender profiling
Offender profiling, also known as criminal profiling, is a behavioral and investigative tool that is intended to help investigators to profile unknown criminal subjects or offenders. Offender profiling is also known as criminal profiling, criminal personality profiling, criminological profiling,...
and author. She was the first Profiler to be appointed to South African Police Service (SAPS). She was the founder & Commander of Investigative Psych Unit, Serious & Violent Crimes Component of SAPS and spent six years as a profiler. She authored the first doctoral thesis on Serial Killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
s in South Africa. She was involved in more than thirty serial killer cases and participated in the training of nearly two hundred detectives in the investigation of serial homicides
Books by Micki Pistorius
- Skimme in Die Skadu Penguin SA 2006 ISBN 9780143025177
- Profiling Serial Killers and other crimes in South Africa Penguin SA 2005 ISBN 0143024825
- Fatal Females Penguin SA 2004 ISBN 014302440X
- Strangers on the street Penguin SA 2002 ISBN 0141003561
- Catch me a killer (autobiography) Penguin SA 2000 ISBN 0140297227
Books about Micki Pistorius
- Micki Pistorius une femme sur la trace des serial killers by Stéphane Bourgouin. (In French) ISBN 2863919970