David Kosson Dr. Mary Ellen O’Toole is currently the Director of the Forensic Science Program at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Before that, she was a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 28 years. For nearly fifteen of those years, she was a “profiler” in the Bureau’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, the Unit … Read more
The Aftermath Foundation is seeking nominations for our 2024 Graduate Student Research Award. This award is given by the Aftermath Foundation Board of Directors to recognize graduate students who are conducting research consistent with the mission of the Foundation. The 2024 Aftermath Graduate Student Research Award will recognize published or presented research by graduate students … Read more
When people think of psychopathic women, true crime shows such as Deadly Women may come to mind. Criminologists have often pointed out that when women commit crimes, especially violent crimes, the media will depict these women as either ‘mad’ (her offending is linked to mental health issues) or ‘bad’ (she is viewed as evil and … Read more
Dr. Nathalie Fontaine is a licensed Psycho-educator and a Full Professor in the School of Criminology at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada) who studies the development of antisocial behavior in youth, risk and protective factors and associated coping problems. Her answers address: The impact of positive relationships with adults on children with psychopathic traits … Read more
Early in life I felt like an outsider, unable to make friends and have the closeness I saw between other people. Why not for me? I couldn’t understand why and didn’t know what to do about it. For decades I grieved and tried to deal with the loss of so many friends who really mattered … Read more
We are excited to share our most recent Web Conversation with an Expert, Dr. Mary Ellen O’Toole. Dr. O’Toole spoke to us about her time with the Behavioural Analysis Unit of the FBI, as well as how psychopathy relates to the behavior of serial sexual killers. She also spoke about using her knowledge on psychopathy … Read more
