This collection of articles about criminal profiling offers fans of television series about criminal forensics a chance to temper fiction with fact. Written between 1976 and 2004 by FBI profilers and city homicide investigators, the articles cover real-life versions of television staples such as hostage situations, autoerotic murder and "assaultative eye injury." The first few chapters provide a historical perspective and the subsequent chapters cover contemporary uses of profiling, including the capture of the Unabomber and the investigation of many ghastly crimes. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)