User:Hhills/sandbox

'''Hannah, please don't start your sections with an indent. That is what puts them in the gray boxes. It is not proper Wikipedia formatting.''' J.R. Council (talk) 04:51, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

1. Our group is focusing on the article of Howard Teten. One problem with this article is that it only contains one sentence. I don't know if this is necessarily a problem but there isn't much to this article. Hhills (talk) 03:49, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

2. Pimentel, Stanley. “Interview of Former Special Agent of the FBI Howard D. Teten (1962-1986).” © Society of the Former Special Agents of the FBI, Inc., Accessed 21 Feb. 2018. Hhills (talk) 03:49, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

“Serial Killers, Part 2: The Birth of Behavioral Analysis in the FBI.” FBI, FBI, 23 Oct. 2013, www.fbi.gov/news/stories/serial-killers-part-2-the-birth-of-behavioral-analysis-in-the-fbi. Hhills (talk) 03:49, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

3. The question that I have for you Dr. Council is if it is hard to find good sources that give enough information on our article topic what should we do? I have found some articles talking about Howard Teten but each one gives just a little bit of information on him not a lot. Hhills (talk) 03:49, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

'''Try searching the fbi.gov website. This is certainly a credible source of information. Look in the reference lists of articles you find to help you branch out for more. Of course, stay focused on Teten.'''

1. The article that our group will be focusing on is a man by the name of Howard Teten who was one of the pioneers of criminal offender profiling. One problem that I found with the article is that there is not a lot of information on the man. No background, major contributions, or even a date of birth. It pretty much just says he was one of the first to use offender profiling.

2. Ramsland, Katherine. “Criminal Profiling: How It All Began.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 23 Mar. 2014, www.psychologytoday.com/blog/shadow-boxing/201403/criminal-profiling-how-it-all-began.

Kratz, Diane. “Do You Know Who Was the First Profiler in the FBI?” Profiles of Murder, 25 June 2012, profilesofmurder.com/2012/04/17/howard-teten-the-fbis-first-profiler/.

3. A question I have is pretty much the same as Hannah's. When searching for articles on Teten I could not find much information that seemed relevant to the project. Should we just search harder? What would you do Dr. Council?

'''See my suggestion to Hannah. I'm sure Teten has been mentioned in many books and articles about the FBI. Follow up on reference citations.''' J.R. Council (talk) 04:51, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

'''Please sign your contribution! Otherwise I can't know you posted for an assignment.''' J.R. Council (talk) 04:51, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Matthew Hofer

1. We have chosen to do our topic on Howard Teten. I wouldn't say there are any obvious problems to his current Wikipedia page. Although, as my group has pointed out there is little to no information on him. Matthew.d.hofer (talk) 01:57, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

2. -Ramsland, K. (2011). Howard Teten: An FBI Visionary. Forensic Examiner, 20(2), 22-27. Matthew.d.hofer (talk) 01:57, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

-Teten, H. D., & Minderman, J. W. (1977). Police Personal Problems-Practical Considerations for Administrators. FBI L. Enforcement Bull., 46, 8. Matthew.d.hofer (talk) 01:57, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

3. A question I have for Dr. Council is how much of the wiki page should consist of background information on Teten himself, and how much should be about his work? Matthew.d.hofer (talk) 01:57, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Since Teten's notability stems from his work with the FBI, then that should be your focus. J.R. Council (talk) 04:51, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Assignment #5
Part A: Section One:

To-Do List: To generate our article on Howard Teten, we need to first find information on his early life, possibly his education, his work/career and his contributions to the FBI and then possibly his death. Some of the information is hard to find on him so we are really going to have to search hard. Hhills (talk) 00:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Another thing I feel we have to do is sit down as a group and talk over what our plan is going to be. joseph.helmer (talk) Develop outline. joseph.helmer (talk) Research and find credible sources. joseph.helmer (talk) Make sure we are all working on what we are supposed to be doing and getting our tasks done. joseph.helmer (talk)

Section Two:

Outline: Hhills (talk) 00:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Early Life: -birthday/where he was born -growing up -Family life. joseph.helmer (talk)

Military Career -Wars fought in. joseph.helmer (talk) Medals won. joseph.helmer (talk) Rank Achieved. joseph.helmer (talk) Education: -where Teten went to school Hhills (talk) 00:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC) -why he chose to go into the FBI -What was his major. joseph.helmer (talk) -Extracurricular activities. joseph.helmer (talk) Career Life: -how he became a profiler/why? Hhills (talk) 00:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC) -Famous work -his partner -contributions to psychology

Life after his career: -what he did after the FBI Hhills (talk) 00:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC) -when he died Hhills (talk) 00:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Section Three: References: Hhills (talk) 00:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Pimentel, Stanley. “Interview of Former Special Agent of the FBI Howard D. Teten (1962-1986).” © Society of the Former Special Agents of the FBI, Inc., Accessed 21 Feb. 2018.

Serial Killers, Part 2: The Birth of Behavioral Analysis in the FBI.” FBI, FBI, 23 Oct. 2013, www.fbi.gov/news/stories/serial-killers-part-2-the-birth-of-behavioral-analysis-in-the-fbi

Ramsland, Katherine. “Criminal Profiling: How It All Began.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 23 Mar. 2014, www.psychologytoday.com/blog/shadow-boxing/201403/criminal-profiling-how-it-all-began

Kratz, Diane. “Do You Know Who Was the First Profiler in the FBI?” Profiles of Murder, 25 June 2012, profilesofmurder.com/2012/04/17/howard-teten-the-fbis-first-profiler/

Ramsland, K. (2011). Howard Teten: An FBI Visionary. Forensic Examiner, 20(2), 22-27 Teten, H. D., & Minderman, J. W. (1977). Police Personal Problems-Practical Considerations for Administrators. FBI L. Enforcement Bull., 46, 8

References: joseph.helmer (talk)

Interview of Former Special Agent of the FBI Howard D. Teten (1962-1986) for the Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Oral History Heritage Project, by Stanley Pimentel

“Howard D. Teten.” Criminal Minds Wiki, criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/Howard_D._Teten.

“Criminal Profiling: How It All Began.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shadow-boxing/201403/criminal-profiling-how-it-all-began.

Part B/C:

For the to-do list tasks, I can look up information about his early life and education because I found a good source where Teten talks about his life before the FBI. I can also generate to the section about his FBI work. Hhills (talk) 00:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

For the to do list I can look up his military career, how he became interested in the FBI and life after his career in the FBI. joseph.helmer (talk)

For more information under the education tab I can find what drove him into his interest in psychology. Also under the career tab what made him the "father of criminal profiling". As for the to-do lists I will focus on his death, his home life, and any additional information that has not been presented. Matthew.d.hofer (talk) 20:10, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Dr. Council's comments on Assignment 5
This all looks very good. Once you flesh it out, you'll have a nice article. I don't see where Matthew did anything but add to the task responsibility list, and I don't see that Joe worked on the outline. Try to fill in the missing pieces, or let me know if you did them and I just didn't notice.J.R. Council (talk) 20:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

I did parts of the outline. I put in the section of "Early life" and "Military career." I believe you may have missed those.

''Please sign the above statement. I don't know who you are. J.R. Council (talk) 19:42, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

=Leads, and Dr. Council's comments=

LEAD SECTION-JOE HELMER

Howard Teten is an American retired Supervisory Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI). He is best known for, along with John Mullany, pioneering a new way of catching criminals called Offender Profiling. Teten was born and raised in Nebraska, enlisted into the Marine Corp right out of high school, then joined the FBI in 1962. His career in the FBI lasted 24 years, from 1962-1986. His offender profiling way of catching criminals is still being used today, not just by the FBI but with many other police agencies around the United States. He graduated from Crofton High School in 1950 and enlisted in the Marine Corp. Due to his knowledge of photography, the Marines put Teten in a photography unit. In 1954 he was discharged and joined the Orange County Sheriff's Department in California until 1958 when he switched jobs and went to work for the San Leandro Police Department. He then joined the FBI in 1962, eventually developing what is now called Offender Profiling. He was promoted to Unit Chief of Research and Department in 1982 and stayed in that position until he retired in 1986.

Dr. Council's comments: ''Right after the first sentence, where you say who he is, start with a statement about his notability. What did he do that's important? Details about upbringing and early education, and career before the FBI can go in the main body of the text. '' J.R. Council (talk) 19:42, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Lead Section-Hannah Hills

Howard Teten is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation instructor at the FBI academy who, with the help of Patrick Mullany, pioneered criminal profiling to help them solve cases where the perpetrator was not known. Teten grew up in Nebraska and joined the Marine Corps right away after high school. He went to the University of California to study criminology. In 1962, Teten joined the FBI and in 1969 he was asked to become a teacher from the Training Division. The class he taught eventually became the training program for the FBI's Investigative Support Unit. In 1972, Teten and his partner Mullany became instructors at the new academy in Quantico, Virginia and helped form the Behavioral Health Science Unit.

I like this lead section. It gives a good overview of what we're going to talk about. A couple of things that I think would make it better is birthdate (I haven't been able to find it, so I don't have it in mine either) and name of hometown. Other than that it looks really good. Joseph.helmer (talk) 18:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Dr. Council's comments: ''I like this lead as well, but some of my comments to Joe also apply (see above). Details about career that aren't particularly notable can go into main body of article. J.R. Council (talk) 19:50, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Lead Section-Matthew Hofer After moving around to multiple small towns in Nebraska Howard D. Teten ended up graduating from Crofton High School in 1950. He then went on to join the Marine Corps that same day. He found himself in the photography division until he was discharged in 1954, only to join the Sheriffs Department in california. After switching jobs to a police department. Howard became part of the FBI in 1962 where he eventually became a teacher in the FBI training division. There he taught students his theories and interests involving peoples psychology and matching an unknown subject to a crime solely by personality. Over time this is now known as offender profiling or criminology. You could call him the father of offender profiling with little backlash. Matthew.d.hofer (talk) 20:46, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Theres a few grammatical errors in here, the section is hard to follow. "Howard Teten" should be the first word in the lead section and should be in bold. Also I would start with what he is known for doing or what he was famous for instead of "after moving around to multiple small towns..." Joseph.helmer (talk) 18:20, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Dr. Council's comments: ''My comments to Joe (see above) apply here. The lead is used to establish notability. Identify him in the first sentence, then say what he did that was important. '' J.R. Council (talk) 19:50, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Assignment #7 Group Lead Section
Howard Teten is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation instructor at the FBI academy.Joseph.helmer (talk) 13:56, 30 April 2018 (UTC) He was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska.Joseph.helmer (talk) 13:56, 30 April 2018 (UTC) He went on to have a career in the FBI and with the help of Patrick Mullany, pioneered criminal profiling, also known as offender profiling, which is a tool used by law enforcement agencies to assist them in identifying characteristics in a crime to help identify the offender. They used this tool to help them solve cases where the perpetrator was not known. Hhills (talk) 23:53, 26 April 2018 (UTC) Teten joined the FBI in 1962 where he eventually became a teacher. From the classes that they taught at the FBI academy, Teten and Mullany helped form the Behavioral Health Science Unit and offender profiling, which is still used today. Hhills (talk) 23:53, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Dr. Council's comments on group lead
'''This is a nice job, although grammar needs a bit of work. Make sure you proofread. I don't think it's necessary to state where he graduated from high school. You should briefly define criminal profiling and offender profiling (are they the same thing?) and include links to the main article. ''' J.R. Council (talk) 20:19, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Almost ready. J.R. Council (talk) 22:09, 11 April 2018 (UTC)


 * PS: Please indicate, either in a note to me here or in an email, which group members contributed. J.R. Council (talk) 20:22, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Need to get moving on this
After you make the changes I suggested, start drafting out the main body of the article. Remember, it doesn't have to be long or definitive. J.R. Council (talk) 19:43, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

'''Assignment #8 Main Body Articles  Early Life'''

Howard Teten was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska and eventually graduated high school from in Crofton Nebraska. Straight out of high school in 1950, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. Due to his knowledge of photography, the Marines made him a photographer. Teten retired from the Marine Corps after four years of service in 1954. Hhills (talk) 23:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

After the Marine Corps, Teten started working part time at a Sheriff’s Department in Orange County, California. He switched his major from biochemistry to criminalistics at the University of California in Berkeley. To help support his wife, who was working as a registered nurse, Teten started working as a street patrol in 1958 in San Leandro and ended up being promoted to the CSI unit. Hhills (talk) 23:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

FBI Career

In 1962, Teten joined the FBI. His job with the FBI required him to work in a number of different locations.Joseph.helmer (talk) 15:43, 30 April 2018 (UTC) While working in the FBI, he was also going to school to get his masters degree in social psychology. In 1969, Teten was transferred to the FBI headquarters in Washington DC where he began to teach. His first class he taught was Applied Criminology. Police officers would bring him unsolved cases and he would offer suggestions on the cases. When the teaching began to be too much for just one person to do, they brought in Patrick Mullany to help Teten with his classes. Joseph.helmer (talk) 13:53, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

In 1972, the Behavioral Science Unit was formed. As a part of this unit, Mullany and Teten taught students how offender profiling worked and how to apply it to cases in the work. Hhills (talk) 23:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

The first case to ever use Teten’s profiling techniques was when seven year old Susan Jaegar had gone missing from her campsite while camping with her parents. Teten and Mullany worked the profile and the FBI was able to narrow down the suspect list to David Meierhofer, who fit their profile. The FBI was able to arrest Meierhofer and profiling became popular after this case.

Due to all of Teten’s teaching, he began to have problems with his voice. He lost his voice completely and underwent surgery for a ruptured disc. After his surgery, Teten decided to make a change in his career. He was promoted to unit chief of the Research and Development department in 1980. Teten remained there until 1986 when he retired. Joseph.helmer (talk) 13:53, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

After FBI Life

After Teten retired from the FBI, he started his own business of consulting for companies that had contracts with the government. He worked for the International Criminal Investigative Training Aid Program, which was mostly all over the Caribbean. Howard Teten is still alive and continues to teach and help as a volunteer with computers. Hhills (talk) 23:51, 26 April 2018 (UTC) References

Nice job! Dr. Council's comments:

 * I think this is just about ready to go. The main thing you need to do is fix up the grammar and write more formally. For example, "He moved around a lot from city to city where they needed him to be." This sounds fine if you're having a casual conversation, but it's not the appropriate style for Wikipedia. Better: "His job with the FBI required him to work in a number of differenct locations."
 * The writing also seems choppy and broken into small paragraphs. Work on flow.
 * I'm sending the link to Ian at Wiki Ed for his comments.

'Since no one has signed their work, I can't tell who has done what! Please help me out.' J.R. Council (talk) 19:43, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Assignment #9

Howard Teten
Howard Teten is a former Federal Bureau of Investigations instructor at the FBI academy. Teten went on to have a career in the FBI, and with the help of Patrick Mullany, pioneered criminal profiling, also known as offender profiling, which is a tool used by law enforcement agencies to assist them in identifying characteristics in a crime to help identify the offender. Teten and Mullany used this tool to help them solve cases where the perpetrator was not known. Teten joined the FBI in 1962 where he eventually became a teacher. From the classes that Teten and Mullany taught at the FBI academy, they helped form the Behavioral Health Science Unit and offender profiling, which is still used today. Hhills (talk) 20:28, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Early Life
Howard Teten was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Due to his father being a construction forearm, their family moved several times during his childhood. He graduated High School in Crofton, Nebraska and Joseph.helmer (talk) 02:44, 2 May 2018 (UTC) straight out of high school, Teten joined the Marine Corps in 1950 and was discharged in 1954. Hhills (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2018 (UTC) Due to his extensive knowledge in photography, Teten was given the job of photographer by the Marine Corps.Joseph.helmer (talk) 02:33, 2 May 2018 (UTC) After the Marine Corps, Teten started working part time at a Sheriff’s Department in Orange County, California. He started his college career at a Junior college, originally studying biochemistry, but switched his major to criminalistics due to his contacts with the renowned Southern California Criminal Laboratory. He transferred to University of California at Berkeley, where he eventually earned his degree.Joseph.helmer (talk) 02:33, 2 May 2018 (UTC) To help support his wife, who was working as a registered nurse, Teten started working street patrol in 1958 in San Leandro, California, where he was eventually promoted to the Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) unit.

FBI Career
In 1962, Teten joined the FBI. His job in the FBI required him to work in a number of different locations.Joseph.helmer (talk) 02:33, 2 May 2018 (UTC) While working in the FBI, Teten was also going to school, hoping to earn his masters degree in social psychology.Joseph.helmer (talk) 02:44, 2 May 2018 (UTC) In 1969, he was transferred to the FBI headquarters in Washington DC where he began to teach. The first class that Teten taught was Applied Criminology where police officers would bring him unsolved cases and he would offer suggestions on those cases. When the teaching began to be too much for just one person to do, they brought in Patrick Mullany to help Teten teach. Hhills (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2018 (UTC) Together, Teten and Mullany developed criminal profiling to help them solve different cases where the perpetrator was not known.

In 1972, the Behavioral Science Unit was formed where Mullany and Teten taught students how offender profiling worked and how to apply it to cases in the work. The first case to ever use Teten’s profiling techniques was when seven year old Susan Jaegar had gone missing from her campsite while camping with her parents. Teten and Mullany worked the profile and the FBI was able to narrow down the suspect to David Meierhofer, who fit their profile. The FBI was able to arrest Meierhofer and profiling became popular after this case. Hhills (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

From all of Teten’s teaching, he began to have problems with his voice. He lost his voice completely and underwent surgery for a ruptured disc. After his surgery, Teten decided to make a change in his career and was promoted to unit chief of the Research and Development department in 1980 and remained there until 1986 when he decided to retire. Hhills (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

After FBI Life
Teten retired from the FBI after twenty-four years of service in 1986. Joseph.helmer (talk) 02:44, 2 May 2018 (UTC) After his retirement, he started his own business of consulting for companies that had contracts for the government. He worked for the International Criminal Investigative Training Aid Program, which was mostly based in Caribbean countries. Howard Teten is still alive and continues to teach and help as a volunteer with computers. Hhills (talk) 18:32, 30 April 2018 (UTC)