Tag Archives: criminal profiler

Prediction or Prevention

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Art for Housewives

When the notorious Calabrian criminal Giuseppe Villella died, Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist and physician, performed a post mortem on him. Lombroso discovered that Villella had an indentation at the back of his skull similar to those found in apes. Like … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, Conditions of Possibility, female consciousness | Tagged Cesare Lombroso, childhood, criminal profiler, criminology, Edgar Degas, FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, Marie van Goethem, Mary Cassatt, Mindhunters, Paris Opera | 2 Comments

Profiling Storytellers

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Art for Housewives

Before the FBI’s criminal profiling, there was Miss Marple. Miss Marple didn’t need an FBI profiler to know a criminal when she saw one. A careful observer of human behaviour, she relied upon her own experience to identify personality types. … Continue reading →