Robert K. Ressler

Actor· Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robert Kenneth Ressler was an American FBI agent and author. He played a significant role in the psychological profiling of violent offenders in the 1970s and is often credited with coining the term "serial killer", though the term is a direct translation of the German term Serienmörder coined in 1930 by Berlin investigator Ernst Gennat. After retiring from the FBI, he authored a number of books on serial murders, and often gave lectures on criminology.

Filmography

1 credit across 1 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
2001	Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters	Self	Film

Community Curation

This page is community-maintained. Know something we don't?

← All person · Wikidata Q1207524