Dispatches from Dr. Joel Dvoskin
Dr. Joel Dvoskin is one of America's leading forensic psychologists. He is certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology, a fellow of the American Psychological Association, President of the Psychologists in Public Service division of the American Psychological Association, and President-elect of the APA's American Psychology - Law Society division. He has received awards from the National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Dr. Dvoskin is an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, New York University Medical School, and Louisiana State University Medical Center. Since 1995, he has operated a full-time private practice of forensic psychology, providing expert testimony on civil and criminal matters and consultation in the provision of mental health and criminal justice services and workplace and community violence prevention programs.
The Zero is honored to have Dr. Dvoskin as a regular, contributor.
March 2007: "[A]llegedly cured of his penchant for [homosexual sex, once-Reverend Ted] Haggard and his wife are reportedly headed out of town, because the evangelical Christian community of Colorado Springs can't seem to forgive him. As the Rev. Mike Ware of Westminster, Colorado, put it, 'It's hard to heal in Colorado Springs right now. It's like an open wound. He needs to get somewhere he can get the wound healed.' Apparently, a Christian community isn't a good place to heal. Go figure." Read all of Dr. Joel Dvoskin's guest dispatch by clicking here!
October 2006: Dr. Joel Dvoskin—one of America's leading forensic psychologists—visited New Orleans recently. He saw heartbreaking squalor, and it had nothing to do with Hurricane Katrina. Click here to read Dr. Dvoskin's account of the experience.
June 2006: Last month, The New York Times ran an Op-Ed piece supporting the notion that sex offenders should receive treatment after being released back into the community. Frequent Zero contributor Joel Dvoskin agrees, but not for the flawed reasons published in the Times, and he points out those flaws in "Sex Offender Commitment Laws: A response to LaFond and Winick." Click here to read Dr. Dvoskin's article!
February 2006: "It is as if America's many criminal justice systems are trying as hard as they can to get it wrong. If this were a boxing match, there would be an investigation, because it looks like we're trying to lose." Click here to read all of Dr. Joel Dvoskin's essay on the execution of Crips gang co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams.
Previous dispatches by Dr. Dvoskin:
- Flooded Streets and Flooded Emotions: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
- How Fortunetellers and Media Contribute to Murder
- On False Allegations and Memories
- Confessions of an Incrementalist
- What are the Odds on Predicting Violent Behavior?
- Sticks and Stones, The Abuse of Psychiatric Diagnosis in Prisons
