Robert Roy Hazelwood (March 4, 1938 – April 18, 2016) was a former FBI profiler of

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s and is generally regarded as the pioneer of profiling

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s. He worked for much of his career for the FBI, retiring in the mid-1990s.

Early life

Roy Hazelwood was born in

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. His parents were Elmo Earl (step-father) and Louella Matilda (Schaible) Hazelwood. He had three siblings: half-brothers James Martin (Jim) and Gene Hazelwood, as well as half-sister Earlene Daniels. When he was an infant, his biological father, Myrle Reddick,

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him and travelled around with him for six months before returning the boy to his paternal grandparents; father and son never saw each other again. He was raised by his mother and stepfather in

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, and attended Sam Houston State University. He joined the U.S. Army and served a tour in the

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in the military police, which he completed in 1968. He left the military after 11 years with rank of Major. He followed his tour with a

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fellowship with the

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(AFIP) and a stint with the

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as an instructor. He joined the FBI in 1971.

Career

In 1980, he developed the distinction between " organized" and " disorganized" murderers, a concept that is still used by law enforcement to help in the apprehension of criminals. He also defined the six categories of

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: power-reassurance, power assertive, anger retaliatory, anger excitation, opportunistic and gang. Of the six, anger excitation is by far the most dangerous and the hardest to capture. Hazelwood also offered the theory that there is no cure for

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or sexual sadists. He has conducted numerous studies involving

s, including cases of

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. He did numerous studies involving the willing victims of sexual sadists (wives and girlfriends) and how sexual sadists appear in everyday life. In his career he found equivocal death crime as the most dubious and complex investigation to overcome. Hazelwood, after he

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from the FBI, was an active member of the Academy Group,Academy Group, Inc. - Roy Hazelwood (Robert R. Hazelwood, M.S.)
/ref> an organization of former FBI agents and law enforcement officers. He continued to work closely with the FBI and other government agencies in an effort to track down sexually-oriented murderers. Hazelwood also co-authored two books with

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: ''The Evil That Men Do'' and ''

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''. Hazelwood also gave lectures across North America about sexual sadism and autoerotic fatalities. His presentation was also heavily focused on

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, the "B.T.K."

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. A fully endowed scholarship in memory of Roy Hazelwood is available for the Master's Degree in Criminal Justice Studies (Applied Criminology Concentration) at

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Personal life

Hazelwood was a devout Presbyterian. According to Legacy.com, he died peacefully while taking a nap in the sun at his home on April 18, 2016. He was buried with appropriate honors at

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. He is survived by a wife and three grown children.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hazelwood, Roy 1938 births 2016 deaths American non-fiction crime writers Baptists from Idaho Federal Bureau of Investigation agents Offender profiling People from Pocatello, Idaho American Presbyterians United States Army officers Burials at Quantico National Cemetery 20th-century Baptists Sam Houston State University alumni