What is Behavioral Analysis?
Behavioral analysis is the detailed examination of an individual’s behavior to assess their personality. This is based on the foundational principles that our behavior reflects our personality and the best predictor of our future behavior is our past behavior.
The American Psychological Association defines personality as “... individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.” Our personality is reflected in our decisions and actions, particularly in our interaction with others. Therefore, analysis of an individual’s past behavior results in a personality assessment which is the foundation for strategies to manage critical situations.
The methodology utilized by MacKizer Behavioral Analysis Consulting is based on the FBI Model of criminal investigative analysis which was formulated in the 1970’s. Over the years, criminal investigative analysis evolved to encompass not only personality assessments to aid in criminal investigations, but also to aid in counter terrorism and threat assessments. Today, the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit consists of four operational units:
Behavioral Analysis Unit 1 (counterterrorism and threats)
Behavioral Analysis Unit 2 (cyber crime)
Behavioral Analysis Unit 3 (crimes against children)
Behavioral Analysis Unit 4 (crimes against adults)
Since this process has evolved to address critical situations beyond criminal matters, it is more aptly named behavioral analysis. MacKizer Behavioral Analysis Consulting utilizes this process to provide decision makers with strategies to effectively manage areas such as
insider threats of violence or theft of propriety information
external threats of violence
risk of sex offending
threats of damage to an organization’s reputation
cold case homicides
Our Logo
The triangle represents experience in behavioral analysis which is utilized to conduct operations and training. Behavioral analysis provides the foundation for assessments which lead to building strategies for management of critical situations. The color blue signifies operational experience derived from a career in law enforcement. The gray background of the triangle reflects the ambiguous nature of human behavior. The Greek letter Psi in the center of the triangle symbolizes psychology principles are inherent in behavioral analysis.
Biography
Mark founded MacKizer Behavioral Analysis Consulting after retiring from a 27-year career as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He spent most of his career conducting homicide, child abduction, and drug trafficking investigations. The last 7 years of his career he was a Supervisory Special Agent assigned to Behavioral Analysis Unit 3 (BAU-3) at Quantico, Virginia. While at BAU, he was responsible for providing behaviorally-based operational support and training to federal, state, local and international law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation of child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide and child sexual victimization. The operational support involved the behavioral analysis of violent offenders to produce products related to risk, personality and threat assessment.
Professional Organizations & Boards
Associate Member: Since 2024
The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) is a multidisciplinary professional organization that provides leadership to advance science and its application to the legal system.
-
Membership is comprised of pathologists, attorneys, dentists, toxicologists, anthropologists, document examiners, digital evidence experts, psychiatrists, engineers, physicists, chemists, criminalists, educators, researchers, and others. The AAFS objectives are to promote professionalism, integrity, competency, education, foster research, improve practice, and encourage collaboration in the forensic sciences.
Member: Since 2020
ASIS International is a global community of security practitioners, each of whom has a role in the protection of assets - people, property, and/or information.
Member: Since 2018
The Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP) is a non-profit organization comprised of law enforcement, prosecutors, mental health professionals, corporate security experts, probation and parole personnel and others involved in the area of threat and violence risk assessment.
+ Read more
The purpose of ATAP is to afford its members a professional and educational environment to exchange ideas and strategies to address such issues as stalking, threats, and homeland security. The primary focus of this organization is to provide the necessary knowledge, tools, and support to better prepare our membership to handle these types of situations.
Member: Since 2014
The mission of the International Homicide Investigators Association is to provide its members with support in homicide and death investigations through the provision of leadership, training, networking, resource, and expertise necessary to solve cases.
Member: Since 2015
Director of Education: 2021 – present
The International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship (ICIAF) provides training and certification for law enforcement criminal profilers. The ICIAF establishes standards for conducting behavioral assessments. The mission of the ICIAF is to deliver criminal investigative analysis services and geographic profiling to law enforcement agencies worldwide.
Member: Since 2018
The Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI is a fraternal, educational, and community-minded organization composed of former FBI Special Agents who served with Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity in defense of America. The Society mission is to preserve our shared FBI values; to support the welfare of our members through services, benefits, and career networking; to offer programs of fellowship, education, service, and history; and to promote the FBI and law enforcement/national security communities.
Significant Cases
Prior to becoming a member of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), Mark MacKizer was involved in numerous national significant cases including the search for Centennial Olympic Park bomber, Eric Rudolph; as a Government witness at the trial of the Oklahoma City Bombing (OKBOM) defendant Timothy McVeigh; recovery and crime scene processing at the Pentagon following the September 11th terrorist attacks (PENTTBOM); and conducting command post operations during the 2002 D.C. Sniper Attacks. During his time at the BAU, Mark provided behavioral analysis services in significant cases such as Jessica Ridgeway, Boy in the Bunker, Alexis Murphy, and Jenise Wright.