Roy Hazelwood

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

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

Early life

Roy Hazelwood was born in

.

He joined the U.S. Army and served a tour in the

CID

as an instructor.

He joined the FBI in 1971.[4]

Career

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

. 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 retired from the FBI, was an active member of the Academy Group,^[5] 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 Stephen Michaud: The Evil That Men Do and Dark Dreams.

Hazelwood gave lectures across North America about sexual sadism and autoerotic fatalities. His presentation was also heavily focused on Dennis Rader, the "B.T.K." serial killer of Wichita, Kansas.

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

.

Personal life

Hazelwood was a devout Presbyterian. He died peacefully while taking a nap in the sun at his home on April 18, 2016.^[6] He was buried with appropriate honors at Quantico National Cemetery. He is survived by a wife and three grown children.

References

• Michaud, Stephen J.; Hazelwood, Roy (1999-12-30). The Evil That Men Do. St. Martin's True Crime.
  ISBN 978-0-312-97060-4
  .
• Hazelwood, Roy; Michaud, Stephen J. (2002-10-13). Dark Dreams. St. Martin's True Crime.
  ISBN 978-0-312-98011-5
  .