JOEL A. DVOSKIN, PHD, ABPP

Forensic and Clinical Psychology

2011 International CIT Conference Video

Part I

Part II

Part III

• Ruiz A, Dvoskin JA, Scott CL, Metzner JL. (2010) 
• Manual of Forms and Guidelines for Correctional Mental Health. American Psychiatric Publishing.
   
• Heilbrun, K., Dvoskin, J and Heilbrun, A. (2009). 
• “Toward Preventing Future Tragedies: Mass Killings on College Campuses, Public Health, and Threat/Risk Assessment.” Psychological Injury and Law. Vol 2(2), Oct 2008, 93-99.
   
• Dvoskin, JA and Guy, LS (2008) 
• “On Being an Expert Witness: It’s not about you.” Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Vol 15(2), Oct 2008, 202-212.
• Dvoskin, JA (2008) 
• Commentary on Elger’s “Medical Ethics in Correctional Healthcare.” Journal of Clinical Ethics. Vol. 19, No. 3, 256-259.
• Dvoskin. JA. (2008)
• Book Review: School Violence and Primary Prevention, by Thomas Miller (Ed.). Journal of the American Medical Association.
• Dvoskin JA, Bopp J, and Dvoskin JL (2007)
• Institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization. In Cutler, B (ed.) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law. Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.
• Dvoskin, JA; Spiers EM, and Brodsky, S (2007) 
• Correctional Psychology: Law, ethics, and practice. In Goldstein, Alan M. (Ed). Forensic psychology: Emerging topics and expanding roles. (pp. 605-632). Hoboken, NJ, US: John Wiley & Sons Inc. xix, 819 pp.
• McDermott, B.E., Dvoskin, J. and Quanbeck, C. (2007)
• Psychopathy: Towards a more reasoned understanding of the relationship to aggressive behavior. Forensic Psychiatry Research Trends
• Spiers EM, Pitt SE & Dvoskin JD (2006)
• Psychiatric Intake Screening. In Puisis M. (Ed.) Clinical Practice in Correctional Medicine. Philadelphia: Elsevier.
• Dvoskin JA & Metzner JL (2006)
• Commentary: The Physicians Torture Report. Correctional Mental Health Report. Kingston, NJ. Volume 8, No. 1. 
• Schlank A & Dvoskin JA (2006). 
• Similar Statutes, Different Treatment Needs -- A  Comparison of SVP and Mentally Ill Populations. In Schlank, A. (Ed.) The Sexual Predator, Volume 3: New York, NY: Civic Research Institute.
• Metzner JL & Dvoskin JA. (2006)
• Controversies Concerning Supermax Confinement and Mental Illness. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Philadelphia: Elsevier.  Volume 29, No. 3.
• Dvoskin JA (2005)
• Two Sides to Every Story: The Need for Objectivity and Evidence. Journal of the American   Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Vol. 33, No. 4, 482-483.
• Dvoskin JA, Spiers EM, & Brodsky SL. (2005)
• Correctional Psychology: Law, Ethics, and Practice. In Goldstein AM (Ed.), Forensic Psychology: Emerging Topics and Expanding Roles. Hoboken, NJ. John Wiley & Sons. 
• Peters RH, Matthews CO & Dvoskin, JA (2005)
• Treatment in prisons and jails. In Lowinson JH, Ruiz P, Millman RB, & Langrod JG
  (eds.) Substance Abuse: A Comprehensive Textbook – Third Edition. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins Publishers. Pages 707-722.
• Metzner JL and Dvoskin JA (2004) 
• Psychiatry in Correctional Settings, in Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry. Robert R. Simon MD and Lisa H. Gold, MD (editors). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
• Dvoskin JA and Spiers EM (2004)
• On the Role of correctional Officers in Prison Mental Health Care. Psychiatric Quarterly.
• Dvoskin JA and Spiers EM (2003)
• Commentary: In Search of Common Ground, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Vol. 31, No. 2. 184-188.
• Glancy GD, Spiers EM, Pitt SE & Dvoskin JA. (2003)
• Commentary: Models and Correlates of Firesetting Behavior. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 31(1):053-057. 
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (2003)
• Catch ‘em doing something right. NFHS Coaches’ Quarterly. National Federation of State High School Associations. Indianapolis, IN.
• Spiers, EM, Dvoskin, JA, and Pitt, SE (2003)
• Mental health professionals as institutional consultants and problem-solvers. In Fagan, T, and Ax, R (Eds) Correctional Mental Health Handbook Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Dvoskin, JA, Spiers, EM, Metzner, JL, and Pitt, SE (2003)
• The structure of correctional mental health services. In Rosner, R. (ed.), Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, Second Edition. London: Arnold Publishing.
• Dvoskin, J.A. (2002)
• Knowledge is Not Power – Knowledge is Obligation. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Vol. 30, No. 4.
• Dvoskin JA, Radomski SJ, Bennett C, Olin JA, Hawkins RL, Dotson LA, Drewnicky IN. (2002)
• Architectural design of a secure forensic state psychiatric hospital. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Vol. 20, No. 5. Pages 481-493.
• Dvoskin, J.A. and Petrila, J. (2002). 
• Commentary:  Behavioral Health Professionals in Class Action Litigation -- Some Thoughts on the Lawyer's Perspective.  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 30:1
• Dvoskin, JA, and Heilbrun, K. (2001)
• Risk assessment and release decision-making: Toward resolving the great debate. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Vol. 29:6-10
• Hafemeister, TL, Hall SR, and Dvoskin, JA (2000)
• Administrative concerns associated with the care of adult offenders with mental illness within correctional settings. In Ashford JB, Sales BD, and Reid W (Eds.) Treating Adult and Juvenile Offenders with Special Needs. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
• Dvoskin, JA. (2000)
• The mentally disordered inmate and the law (book review). Psychiatric Services. 51:397.
• Pitt SE, Spiers EM, Dietz PE, & Dvoskin JA (1999)
• Preserving the Integrity of the Interview: The value of video tape. Journal of Forensic Sciences. Vol. 44, No. 6, Pp. 1287-1291
• Dvoskin, Joel A. and Patterson, Raymond F. (1998)
• Administration of Treatment Programs for Offenders with Mental Illness. In Wettstein, Robert M. (Editor), Treatment of the Mentally Disordered Offender. New York: Guilford Press. pp.1-43.
• Coggins MH, Pynchon MR, Dvoskin JA (1998)
• Integrating research and practice in federal law enforcement: Secret Service applications of behavioral science expertise to protect the President Behavorial Sciences & the Law Volume 16, Issue 1.
• Dvoskin, Davidman, Ferster, Miller, Montenegro, and Moody (1997)
• Should Psychologists Unionize? A Colloquy with Labor and Management Experts. Profession Psychology: Research and Practice. Vol. 28, No. 5.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (1997)
• Sticks and Stones: The Abuse of Psychiatric Diagnosis in Prisons. The Journal of the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Vol. 8, No. 1.
• Dvoskin, Joel A., Massaro, Jackie, Nerney, Michael, and Harp, Howie T. (1995)
• Safety Training for Mental Health Workers in the Community. Albany: New York State Office of Mental Health and The Information Exchange.
• Dvoskin, Joel A., Petrila, John and Stark-Riemer, Steven (1995)
• Powell v. Coughlin and the Application of the Professional Judgment Rule to Prison Mental Health. Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter. Vol. 19, No. 1
• Dvoskin, Joel A., McCormick, C. Terence and Cox, Judith (1994)
• Services for Parolees with Serious Mental Illness. Topics in Community Corrections. 1994: 14-20
• Dvoskin, Joel A. and Horn, Martin F. (1994)
• Parole Mental Health Evaluations. Community Corrections Report. July/August 1994
• Dvoskin, Joel A. and Steadman, Henry J. (1994) 
• Using Intensive Case Management to Reduce Violence by Mentally Ill Persons in the Community. Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol. 45, No. 7. Pp. 679-684.
• Condelli, Ward S., Dvoskin, Joel A., and Holanchock, Howard (1994)
• Intermediate Care Programs for Inmates with Psychiatric Disorders. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Volume 22, Number 1.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (1994)
• The Structure of Prison Mental Health Services. In Rosner, Richard (Editor), Principals and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry. New York: Chapman and Hall.
• Cohen, Fred and Dvoskin, Joel A. (1993)
• Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Corrections: A glimpse. New York Law School Journal of Human Rights. Vol.X.
• Dvoskin, Joel A., Smith, Hal, and Broaddus, Raymond (1993)
• Creating a Mental Health Care Model. Corrections Today. Vol. 55, No. 7.
• Dvoskin, Joel A., Steadman, Henry J. and Cocozza, Joseph J. (1993)
• Introduction. In Steadman, Henry J. and Cocozza, Joseph J. (Editors), Mental Illness in America's Prisons. Seattle: National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System.
• Clear, Todd R., Byrne, James M. and Dvoskin, Joel A. (1993)
• The Transition from being an inmate. In Steadman, Henry J. and Cocozza, Joseph J. (Editors), Mental Illness in America's Prisons. Seattle: National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System.
• Cohen, Fred and Dvoskin, Joel A. (1992)
• Inmates with Mental Disorders: A Guide to Law and Practice (Part 2). Mental & Physical Disability Law Reporter, Volume 16, No. 4.
• Cohen, Fred and Dvoskin, Joel A. (1992)
• Inmates with Mental Disorders: A Guide to Law and Practice (Part 1). Mental & Physical Disability Law Reporter, Volume 16, No. 3.
• Heilbrun, K.S., Radelet, M.L. and Dvoskin, J.A. (1992)
• Debating Treatment of Those Incompetent for Execution. American Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 149, No. 5.
• Way, Bruce B., Dvoskin, Joel A., Steadman, Henry J. (1991)
• Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients Served in the United States: Regional and System Differences. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 19, No. 4.
• Steadman, H.J., Holohean, E.J., Jr., Dvoskin, J.A. (1991)
• Estimating Mental Health Needs and Service Utilization among Prison Inmates. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 19, No. 3.
• McGreevy, M.A., Steadman, H.J., Dvoskin, J.A. & Dollard, N. (1991)
• Managing Insanity Acquittees in the Community: New York State's Alternative to a Psychiatric Security Review Board. Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Volume 42, No. 5.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (1991)
• Allocating Treatment Resources for Sex Offenders. Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol. 41, No. 3.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (1990)
• What Are the Odds on Predicting Violent Behavior? The Journal of the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Volume 2, No. 1.
• Perlin, M.L. and Dvoskin, J.A. (1990)
• AIDS Related Dementia and Competency to Stand Trial: A Potential Abuse of the Forensic Mental Health System. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Volume 18, No. 4.
• Dvoskin, J.A. (1990)
• Jail-Based Mental Health Services. In Steadman, H.J. (Editor), Effectively Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Jail Detainees, National Institute of Corrections: Boulder, Colorado.
• Way, B.B., Dvoskin, J.A., Steadman, H.J., Huguley, H.C. & Banks, S. (1990)
• Staffing of Forensic Inpatient Services in the United States. Hospital & Community Psychiatry, Volume 41:2.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. and Steadman, Henry (1989)
• Chronically Mentally Ill Inmates: The Wrong Concept for the Right Services. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Volume 12, Nos. 2/3.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (1989)
• Multiple Murder as Social Protest? Contemporary Psychology, Volume 34, No. 5.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (1989)
• The Palm Beach County, Florida Forensic Mental Health Services Program: A Comprehensive Community-Based System. In Steadman, H.J., McCarty, D.W., and Morrissey, J.P. The Mentally Ill in Local Jails: Planning for Essential Services. New York: Plenum.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (Editor) (1988)
• Special Issue: Forensic Administration. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. Vol. 11, No. 4.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (1988)
• Confessions of a Reformed Forensic Illiterate. Contemporary Psychiatry, Volume 7, No. 2.
• Roth, L.H., Aldock, J.D., Briggs, K.K., Dvoskin, J.A., Parry, J.W., Phillips, R.M, Silver, S.B., and Weiner,
• B.A. (1988) Final Report of the National Institute of Mental Health Ad Hoc Forensic Advisory Panel. Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter, Volume 12, No. 1.
• Steadman, H.J., Fabisiak, S., Dvoskin, J.A., and Holohean, E.J., Jr. (1987)
• Mental Disability Among State Prison Inmates: A statewide survey. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, Volume 38, No. 10.
• Dvoskin, J.A. and Powitsky, R. (1984)
• A Paradigm for the Delivery of Mental Health Services in Prison. Boulder, CO: National Academy of Corrections.
• Koson, Dennis F. and Dvoskin, Joel A. (1982)
• Arson-A diagnostic study. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. X, No. 1.
• Dietz, Park E. and Dvoskin, Joel A. (1980)
• Quality of life for the mentally disabled. Journal of Forensic Sciences, JPSCA, Volume 25, No. 4.
• Dvoskin, Joel A. (1978)
• Legal alternatives for battered women who kill their abusers. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law - Special Issue on Crime and Sexuality, Volume IV, No. 6.

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