The English term and concept of "serial killer" are commonly attributed to former FBI Special agent Robert Ressler, who used the term "serial homicide" in 1974 in a lecture at Police Staff Academy in Bramshill, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. Author Ann Rule postulates in her book Kiss Me, Kill Me (2004), that the English-language credit for coining the term goes to LAPD detective Pierce Brooks, who created the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) system in 1985. There is ample evidence the term was used in Europe and the United States earlier.