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“If you are willing to put the time in and follow through with our contract, I am willing to help you, Chuck, understand the criminal mind, through the eyes of a forensic psychiatrist.”

And that is how a doctor of psychiatry, Chris Harris, agreed to become my mentor.

Prior to meeting this influential man, I had been a Washington state probation and parole office for over six years and was then in charge of 20 people, what we called, “diagnostic unit.” I had a long background working with violent offenders, including sexual offenders.

In fact, by the time I was elevated to a supervis...