He is the author of several books, including: Snapshot - Reading and Treating People Right the First Time (2015), The Art of Profiling: Reading People Right the First Time, Expanded 2nd Edition (2012), Rage of the Random Actor - Disarming Catastrophic Acts and Restoring Lives (2005), Suburban Gangs: The Affluent Rebels (1995), and Streetwise Parents, Foolproof Kids (1992) Korem's first profession was a professional magician (through the early 1990s) and he gained a reputation as a skilled magician.

Pulitzer Prize nominee Hugh Aynesworth, and Emmy Award-winning 60 Minutes producer Imre Horvath, were recruited by Korem for the project.

[citation needed] Korem continued to investigate others who fraudulently claimed to have powers through 1992 and found connections to how various groups formed, such as cults and gangs.

[8] Motivated by the 1992 drive-by shooting at a local high school in a Dallas suburb near his home, Korem went to eleven countries over seven years and investigated the new suburban, small-town gang trend that affected statistically safe communities.

Korem became a consultant on gang prevention and risk mitigation and The Missing Protector Strategy was applied in North American Schools, several with significant success.