Dr. Joel Dvoskin studied psychology and law at the University of Arizona, where he received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1981. He subsequently completed a fellowship in forensic psychology at the Harvard Medical School. As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Dvoskin has worked predominately in maximum security prison and hospital settings, serving violent offenders with serious mental illness. Dr. Dvoskin presided over the nation's largest forensic and correctional mental health system for more than a decade, and served as New York State's Acting Commissioner of Mental Health, running the nation's largest mental health agency, with more than 23,000 employees and an annual operating budget of more than three billion dollars.

Dr. Dvoskin has attained national prominence as an expert in managing the risk of violent behavior and has appeared on national radio and television. Among many other topics, Dr. Dvoskin has lectured on management, domestic violence, the prevention of violence in schools and corporations, and mental health law and administration. He serves as a frequent expert witness, trainer, and public speaker, and has served as a consultant to federal agencies, and state, local and provincial governments throughout the United States and Canada. He has provided training and management consultation to corporate leaders from many Fortune 500 companies, and has worked with organizations as diverse as the United States Secret Service and the National Basketball Association.

As an expert in juvenile justice and mental health, Dr. Dvoskin has served as a consultant to the juvenile justice systems of Oregon, California, Louisiana, and Florida. He has served as a consultant and expert witness in class action litigation in more than 30 states.

Dr. Dvoskin is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychology-Law Society, and a Diplomate in Forensic Psychology by the American Board of Forensic Psychology. He currently lives and works in Tucson, Arizona, where he maintains a private practice in forensic psychology and teaches on the faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine.