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Pat Brown
Born1955 (age 68–69)
New Jersey, USA
OccupationCriminal profiler, author, commentator
NationalityAmerican
Periodc. 2000–present
SubjectCrime, chiefly serial killing
Notable worksThe Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths

Pat Brown (born 1955) is an American writer, criminal profiler and commentator.

Early life and education

Brown was born in New Jersey and moved with her family to Virginia at age nine. She has lived in Maryland since 1982.[1]

In 1981, she graduated with a liberal arts degree from the University of the State of New York. In 2007, she received a Master's degree in criminal justice from Boston University.[citation needed]

Career

In 1996, Brown founded The Sexual Homicide Exchange (SHE). In 2000, she opened The Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency.[2]

Brown wrote about her criminological approach in 2010 in The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths with co-author Bob Andelman.[3] In 2008 she wrote about the psychology of predators in Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers.[4] She is a co-founder of and a regular contributor to Women in Crime Ink,[5] described by The Wall Street Journal as "a blog worth reading."[6]

Brown has provided crime commentary, profiling, and forensic analysis on national and international TV and radio.[7] She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC,[8][9] FOX, NBC and CBS and is a frequent guest on the "Today", "The Early Show", "Nancy Grace", Jane Velez-Mitchell, HLN "Prime News",[10] and FOX TV's America's Most Wanted. In October 2006, she appeared on The Montel Williams Show to discuss women who unknowingly date wanted criminals.[11] In 2010, she discussed with News Blaze the Flint, Michigan, serial-killer suspect Elias Abuelazam.[12]

For four seasons, she profiled crimes on the weekly Court TV crime show I, Detective.[8][13] She was the host of Discovery Channel's 2004 documentary The Mysterious Death of Cleopatra.[14] She consulted and appeared as a profiler on "Jack the Ripper" (2010) for The Mystery Files.[15]

Brown was a writer for The Crime Library,[16] and a content contributor for the 2005 home DVD edition of Profiler: Season Two and the 2006 DVD release of Quentin Tarantino's crime classic Reservoir Dogs.[17]

In May 2010, Ann Curry with NBC's Today Show interviewed Brown about her book, The Profiler.[18]

Books

  • Killing for Sport: Inside the minds of serial killers (Beverly Hills, CA, New Millenium Press, 2003); updated, Phoenix Books, 2008
  • The Profiler: My life hunting serial killers and psychopaths, Brown with Bob Andelman (Hyperion Books, 2010)[19]
  • How to Save Your Daughter's Life: Straight talk for parents from America's top criminal profiler (Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc [HCI], 2012)[20]
  • The Murder of Cleopatra: History's greatest cold case (Prometheus Books, 2013)
Translations

The Profiler has been translated and released in Korea[21] as well as in Germany.[22]

References

  1. ^ "''The Hindu'' magazine profile, "To Catch a Killer", April 18, 2004". Chennai, India: Hindu.com. April 18, 2004. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "The Pat Brown Criminal Profiling Agency". Criminalprofilerpatbrown.com. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "Amazon book listing, The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  4. ^ "Amazon book listing, Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  5. ^ "Women in Crime Ink, contributor". Womenincrimeink.blogspot.com. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  6. ^ Wall Street Journal article Archived December 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "C.J.: Pat Brown analyzes Tiger". Star Tribune.
  8. ^ a b "Rita Cosy Live, "The Murder of Pamela Vitale"". MSNBC. October 18, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  9. ^ "Scarborough Country, "The Runaway Bride"". MSNBC. May 5, 2005. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "LexisNexis News listing". .lexisnexis.com. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  11. ^ TV.com. "The Montel Williams Show - Season 16, Episode 637: PRINCE CHARMING OR DANGEROUS CRIMINAL? - TV.com". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
  12. ^ Rose M. Garland (August 12, 2010). "Interview With Criminal Profiler, Pat Brown on the Flint Michigan Serial Killer". NewsBlaze News.
  13. ^ "I, Detective (TV Series 2001–2006)". IMDb.
  14. ^ "TVSA actor listing". Tvsa.co.za. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  15. ^ "The Mystery Files". The Mystery Files. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  16. ^ "truTV article, "Always a Dangerous Mother?"". Trutv.com. May 15, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  17. ^ "TV Guide credits listing". Tvguide.com. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  18. ^ Celizic, Mike (May 18, 2010). ""Meet the ex-housewife who stalks psycho killers", Today Show, May 18, 2010". Today.msnbc.msn.com. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  19. ^ "Book Review: The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths by Pat Brown with Bob Andelman". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. April 26, 2011.
  20. ^ HCI Books, How to Save Your Daughter's Life book page
  21. ^ "Korean edition of ''The Profiler''". Bookgom.co.kr. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  22. ^ "German edition of ''The Profiler''". Amazon.de. September 9, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
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