In what is frequently cited as the first application of criminal profiling techniques, London physicians George Phillips and Thomas Bond used autopsy results and crime ... Dr. Bond stated that Jack the Ripper had no medical training or knowledge of anatomy, despite the killer's extensive cutting and mutilation of his victims. read more
Let me give one example, Dr. Scott Bonn’s profile of Jack the Ripper is as follows: the murderer must have been “a man of solitary habits, subject to periodic attacks of homicidal and erotic mania; the character of the mutilations possibly indicating "satyriasis” or uncontrollable sexual desire; he was s a “disorganized” killer. read more
In what is frequently cited as the first application of criminal profiling techniques, London physicians George Phillips and Thomas Bond used autopsy results and crime scene evidence in the fall of 1888 to make rudimentary but informed predictions about Jack the Ripper's personality, behavioral characteristics and lifestyle. read more
The killer was likely to be smart, strong and in control. read more