The Academy Group

Academy Group, Inc. practitioners are former FBI Supervisory Special Agents and other law enforcement veterans who combine clinical and behavioral science expertise with law enforcement and investigative experience. We are unique in our ability to guide organizations through the maze of problems centered around or caused by the aberrant behavior of... employees, customers, or other known or unknown adversaries. Regardless of the type of case, the basis of our work is understanding the behavior that motivates an individual to act in a deviant, threatening or malicious manner. Our client base consists of the Fortune 500, including 40 percent of the top 50 companies Our practitioners have in-depth expertise in a wide variety of areas, such as: Criminal profiling Behavioral analysis Personality profiling Threat assessment Direct and indirect assessment School violence Asset protection Violence in the workplace issues Termination strategies and planning Crisis contingency planning Physical security measures and surveys Hostage negotiation Hostage and street survival Violent crime analysis Investigation Cyber crime We provide expert training, testimony, consultation and research in these fields. We serve corporate divisions including: Legal Security Human Resources Medical Loss Prevention Risk Management Asset Protection Employee Assistance The Academy Group was founded by Dr. Roger L. Depue, former Chief of the FBI's famed Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He and most of our practitioners and associates played a major role in the creation of the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). The NCAVC was the group that managed the FBI's investigative and behavioral response to all facets of crime and threats. The FBI Behavioral Science Unit was made famous by the movie, "The Silence of the Lambs," and the book, Red Dragon, by Tom Harris.Read More