Graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in psychology and from the University of Southern California with a master's and Ph․D․ in psychology
Best known as the host of the Investigation Discovery series "Stalked: Someone's Watching․"
Has extensively researched the nature of predatory criminals to try to predict the same traits in future criminals
Launched the Southern California Twin Project with her colleagues at USC, which aimed to identify people with the biological characteristics of psychopathic behavior before they reached adulthood
Researched the differences in brain function of predatory criminals and noted a difference in the pre-frontal cortex that separates them from criminals who act impulsively