The Academy Group, Inc. (AGI), was founded by Dr. Roger L. Depue, former Chief of the FBI's famed Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Virginia. He and all of our practitioners and associates, former FBI and US Secret Service Supervisory Special Agents, 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, "Silence of the Lambs," and the book, Red Dragon, by Tom Harris.

As clinical and behavioral practitioners with law enforcement and investigative experience, we are unique in our ability to guide organizations through the maze of problems centered around, influenced by, or caused by the aberrant behavior of employees, customers or other known or unknown adversaries. Regardless of the type of case (threats, violent crime, stalking, kidnapping, harassment, workplace violence, premises liability, civil or criminal actions, hostage or terrorism situations, etc.), 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 Cyber crime 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

We provide expert training, testimony, consultation and research in these fields.

We serve corporate divisions to include: