Profiling Cop Killers

Drawing heavily on original research designed to train police officers to survive deadly encounters, this book identifies the commonalities and differences between groups of offenders by age, examining the previously hidden connections between an offender’s lethal choices, criminal history, drug and alcohol usage, interpersonal relationships, injury patterns and life-and-death outcomes. Using Erikson’s theory of life span development, the author applies the test of the struggle for identity to offender profiles, words and actions to analyze the interaction of offenders’ maturity levels, mastery of challenges by phase, and degree of deviancy exhibited in their violent acts.

Ann R. Bumbak has more than a decade of experience as a police officer and federal agent. She has served in a number of law enforcement roles, from patrol and field training officer with the Dallas Police Department to undercover antiterrorist operative after 9/11 and, finally, as an accomplished trainer of police officers, managers, and executives. A former train-the-trainer program manager with the state of Maryland, Ann has provided consulting expertise for agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), supporting the design of high-quality training solutions for law enforcement.