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50 years as a criminologist has involved me in almost every facet of the American crime problem. 130 cases, 100+ cases are specific to gangs and gang behavior.

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EW #218 Ph.D.
PROFESSOR, LEGAL-CONSULTANT/EXPERT-WITNESS, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, CRIMINOLOGIST, AUTHOR

EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, B.S. 1948 ; NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, M.A. 1952 and Ph.D.1958 in SOCIOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY; GRAND VALLEY (MICHIGAN) STATE UNIVERSITY, HONORARY "DOCTOR OF LAWS" DEGREE, 2001; CALIFORNIA BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES LICENSE: "MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPIST" (MFT 21997)

PROFESSORSHIPS IN SOCIOLOGY, CRIMINOLOGY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
1. 1963-Present. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, (Chairperson 1964-1969, Emeritus 1994).
2. 1994-1996 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-COMMERCE. Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice.
3. 1961-1963 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, Associate Professor of Sociology .
4. 1958-1961 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology

VISITING LECTURER AND PART-TIME TEACHING
1. 1952-1958 CITY COLLEGE of NEW YORK, Department of Sociology (Taught Criminology to New York City Police Officers in a joint program with the NYPD);
2. 1956-1958; COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Department of Sociology; (Taught courses in Criminology and Social Deviance);
3. 1960-61 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Department of Social Relations (Taught "Social Psychology of Crime" ; and presented lectures on criminal- legal issues in several programs in the Harvard Law School.)

BOOKS PUBLISHED
1. The Violent Gang (Macmillan 1962, Penguin 1966 and lrvington Press 1983)
2. Synanon The Tunnel Back (Macmillan1965, Penguin 1967, Ernst Klett-German Edition)
3. The Hippie Trip (Pegasus 1968 and Penguin 1973).
4. Robopaths: People As Machines (Bobbs-Merrill 1972, Penguin,1973, Dutch and Japanese Editions).
5. Crime and Delinquency (Rand-McNally, l970, 3rd Ed., (Houghton-Mifflin 1982)
6. Criminology, 4th Ed. (HarperCollins 1990) New Edition.
7. Juvenile Delinquency, 4th Ed. (HarperCollins,1988)
8. George Raft A Biography of Hollywood and Stardom, ( McGraw-Hill, l974; Mercury Press 1989).
9. Psychodrama: Resolving Emotional Problems Through Role-Playing (Basic Books-HarperCollins1976, Brunner/Mazel 1992, Translated into German, Italian, &Spanish Editions.)
10. The Extra Sex Factor (New York-Times Books, 1979.)
11. The Little League Game (New York-Times Books, 1979.)
12. Fathers and Sons (Simon and Schuster 1982, Fireside Press 1984, Gardner Press, l990. Translated into German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Czech and Portuguese Editions.)
13. The Therapeutic Community: A Successful Approach For Treating Substance Abusers (Gardner Press,1989 & Paperback1994, German and Italian Editions.)
14. The Emotional Meaning of Money (Gardner Press 1991. Chinese, Korean, Taiwan, & German Editions.)
15. Gangsters: 50 Years of Madness, Drugs and Death on the Streets 0f America (New York University Press, 1997. Paperback Edition, 1998).
16. Juvenile Delinquency: Into the 21st Century. (Wadsworth Press, 2000)
17. Criminology: Into the 21st Century (In process 2001. Contracted for Publication with Allyn & Bacon Publishers-The Educational Division of Simon & Schuster Publications.)
18. Numerous articles published in professional journals on sociology, criminology and criminal justice.

LECTURES AND PAPERS PRESENTED AT SOCIAL SCIENCE CONFERENCES
I have presented over 150 lectures and papers at various social science meetings and conferences. Notable among these are the following: American Sociological Association (Several Meetings); United Nations Conference on International Criminal Justice, Crime, and Delinquency (London 1960); American Association for the Advancement of Science (Philadelphia 1962); California Probation Officer's Association (San Diego 1965); American Psychiatric Association Meetings (Chicago 1965 and Toronto 1977); International Congress of Group Psychotherapy (Amsterdam 1972); California District Attorney's Association (San Diego 1976); World Federation of Therapeutic Communities (Rome 1985); International Conference on Substance Abuse (Amsterdam 1986); Conference of the California Attorney's For Criminal Justice (Monterey, 1988); European Conference of Therapeutic Communities (Berlin, 1990); Conference on the Treatment of AIDS (Turin, 1991); Conference, Kethea Therapeutic Community (Athens, 1992); World Congress of Psychotherapy, Keynote Speaker, (Vienna, 1996); American Society of Criminology (1997); Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (l998); By invitation of the Italian Government, Lecturing and Training mental health professionals working with AIDS/HIV patients in 3 weeklong workshops in group psychotherapy and psychodrama method and theory in the CTS therapeutic community in Torino. (1998). World Congress of Psychotherapy (Vienna, 1999); Presented Lectures on "The Role of a Gang Expert Witness in the Criminal Justice System" to the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LA, 1998) and the California Public Defenders Association (Anaheim, 2001); American Sociological Association-Sociological Practice Section (Anaheim, 2001). National Gang Crime Research Center (Chicago, 2002).

LEGAL CONSULTANT/EXPERT WITNESS QUALIFICATIONS AND ACTIVITY
1. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, NEW YORK CITY.
My work over a 5 year period as Director of a Crime Prevention Program for the Morningside Heights, Inc. community improvement agency, organized and financially supported by fourteen major educational, religious and medical institutions, comprises an important part of my qualifications me for my work as a legal-consultant and expert witness in the criminal justice system. The institutions I worked for, as Director of the Crime Prevention Program, included: Columbia University, Barnard College, Teachers College, St. Lukes Hospital, Julliard, and Riverside Church. As Director of the program, I coordinated various community crime prevention projects on the upper West Side of Manhattan for these institutions who were
experiencing a variety of criminal activities including burglaries, violent offenses, and gang vandalism and violence. I was a consultant on appropriate security prevention methods for security systems and dealt with over hundred security guards who were protecting these 14 prominent institutions. My role involved advising the security personnel of these institutions on effective crime prevention and security measures for preventing crime in the buildings and surrounding areas. My work included analyzing crime scenes and situations to determine the legal and financial responsibility of the institutions in various criminal, civil cases and law suits brought against the institutions. This work also involved me in providing consultations to the institutions on relating appropriately to the New York Police Department, and the judicial processes in various court cases.
2. LEGAL CONSULTANT/EXPERT WITNESS ACTIVITY . My research and experience over the past 50 years as a criminologist has involved me in almost every facet of the American crime problem. My research into all aspects of crime and delinquency, my therapeutic treatment of both criminals and juvenile delinquents in prisons and psychiatric hospitals, the writing of numerous books-including two widely adopted textbooks, my work in the field of crime prevention, and my role as a professor at several major universities has provided me with a wide array of knowledge that qualifies me for the role of legal consultant and expert witness in the criminal justice system. In the context of this background and experience, I have participated In the criminal justice system through aiding lawyers in the preparation of testimony, given depositions, and testified in court as an expert witness in over 130 judicial cases.

I have been consulted and approved as an Expert-Witness in over 130 cases on issues of violent gangs (100+ cases), homicide, domestic violence, and business security in the Superior Courts of: Los Angeles County; San Diego County; San Francisco County; Riverside County; Ventura County; Sacramento County; San Jose County; Monterey County; San Joaquin County-Stockton; Allegheny County-Pittsburgh, Pa.; Orange County; Pima County- Tucson, Az; New York County; the United States District Court-Central District of California; and the State of Florida Law Offices of The Capital Regional Counsel.

Following are some of the cases I have participated in as a legal-consultant and expert-witness: A violent gang murder trial in New York County Court. Based on my book THE VIOLENT GANG I testified on the structure and behavior of violent gangs; Consulted In preparation of testimony related to a Hells Angels Gang murder; Testified on the nature of gang behavior in a trial involving the first degree murder of a gang member by another violent gang member in Hollywood; Consulted on a case related to the value of security guards in a homicide incident in a community center; Participated in a case related to the responsibility and liability of a Home Savings and Loan bank in the robbery of a client outside the bank; Participated in a case involving the legal responsibility of a shopping center corporation related to a gang youth shot in front of an arcade in the mall by another gang member; Consulted and testified in a case related to an insurance companies legal responsibility for a client's relative involved in an accident that killed a woman. In particular, I have participated in 100+ cases involving gang homicides and violence. A major aspect of this expert-witness work is to determine who is a gang member in the context of California's "gang enhancement law" 186.22; and whether the crime in question was "gang-related." In addition I have participated as an E-W in the Penalty Phase of 6 Death Penalty Cases.


 

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