Steven A. Egger

Known for

Acting

Born

June 1, 1942

Died

December 18, 2019

Birthplace

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Steven A. Egger was an American professor of criminology and author. He earned a Bachelor and Masters of Science degrees in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. He completed a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University, where he wrote a dissertation titled An Analysis of the Serial Murder Phenomenon and the Law Enforcement Response. During his career, he notably worked as a homicide investigator and was project director of the Homicide Assessment and Lead Tracking System (HALT) for the State of New York. Egger was a Professor of Criminology at the University of Houston Clear Lake and Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at University of Illinois Springfield (UIS). He authored Serial Murder: An Elusive Phenomenon (1990), The Killers Among Us: Examination of Serial Murder and Its Investigations, Second Edition (2001), and The Need to Kill: Inside the World of the Serial Killer (2003). He was a member of the American Criminal Justice Society (ACJS) and the ASC. He married Kim Gorman in April 1996.