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In 'Mindhunter', it's evident that the FBI developed a serious interest in abnormal psychology well after the academic community did (and, originally, in a haphazard, disorganized way). Was this in fact the case, and, if so, why was there such institutional resistance?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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