James A. Brussel

James Arnold Brussel (born 1905 in New York City ; died 1982 ) was an American psychiatrist specializing in forensic psychiatry who was a forerunner of the Profiler .

Life

James Arnold Brussel was born in New York City in 1905. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and worked as a psychiatrist in the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene since the 1930s .

“Before opening his psychiatric practice, he was chief of neuropsychiatry at Fort Dix during World War II . During the Korean War he was entrusted with the management of the department for the entire army. During this time he also worked as a counterintelligence profiler for the FBI and the CID. "

He was one of the first profilers to be used for criminological investigations. Well-known cases were the Mad Bomber in New York and the so-called Boston Strangler ( strangler of Boston). Brussel was also known as the Sherlock Holmes of Greenwich Village .

In his book The Untamed Evil. The most famous cases of Sherlock Holmes among psychiatrists (original title: Casebook of a crime psychiatrist ) he describes some cases in which he was involved in the investigation.

Publications

The Untamed Evil: The Most Famous Cases d. Sherlock Holmes under d. Psychiatrists. Authorization Transfer from d. American. by Thomas Schlück. Bern; Munich ; Vienna: Joke 1971
He who sins also murders. Düsseldorf: Dörner, 1963
James A. Brussel, George La Fond Cantzlaar: The layman's dictionary of psychiatry. New York: Barnes and Noble, [1967]

literature

Charles Philipps and Alan Axelrod: Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists: An International Biographical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. 1996
Alex Faulkner: The Sherlock Holmes of Greenwich Village: two of the most infamous murders in American criminal history were brought to justice with the help of psychiatrist James A. Brussel. London, England: The Daily Telegraph Limited, 1969
Michael Cannell: Incendiary: the psychiatrist, the mad bomber, and the invention of criminal profiling. New York: Minotaur Books, [2017]

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Mitchel P. Roth: Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. 2001, p.45
↑ The hour of birth of modern profiling (Richard Deis) - true-crime-story.de (accessed on September 21, 2017)
↑ Mitchel P. Roth: Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. 2001, p.45

personal data
SURNAME	Brussel, James A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brussel, James Arnold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH	1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	1982

[1] Mitchel P. Roth: Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. 2001, p.45

[2] The hour of birth of modern profiling (Richard Deis) - true-crime-story.de (accessed on September 21, 2017)

[3] Mitchel P. Roth: Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement. 2001, p.45