Janet Warren, Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences

TEACHING

COURSES/ TRAINING PROGRAMS

Psychiatry and Criminal Law. Clinical Adjunct, University of Virginia School of Law (1983-1994).

Psychiatry and Civil Practice. Clinical Adjunct, University of Virginia School of Law (1988-1993).

Violence in America.  Lecturer for the National Academy Program at the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia (1988-2003). 

Juvenile Risk Assessment: One-day program offered  to psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers involved in the clinical and actuarial assessment of risk for violence by youth within the community, correctional centers and psychiatric settings. (1996-2005).

Adult Risk Assessment:  One-day program offered to psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers involved in the clinical and actuarial assessment of risk for adults within the community and psychiatric settings. (1999 -2005).

Basic Forensic Training Program:  Five-day program offered to psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers throughout the State of Virginia four times a year.  Focuses on the law and the clinical process of conducting competence to stand trial and criminal responsibility evaluations for the courts. (1984-2002).

 Juvenile Basic Forensic Training Program: Five-day program offered to psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers throughout Virginia three times a year.  Focuses on the evaluation of competence to stand trial, legal sanity and transfer with juvenile defendants. (1996-2005).

 Sex Offender Evaluations: Three-day program that informs and educates psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers in conducting evaluations of convicted sex offenders.  This training is currently offered three times a year. (1992-2005).

Capital Sentencing Evaluations:  One-day program that informs and educates psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers in conducting capital sentencing evaluations.  This training is currently offered once a year.             (1992-1998).

 Insanity Acquittee Evaluation Training: One-day program that informs and educates psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers in conducting Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) commitment evaluations. (1992-1998).

Juvenile Update: Two-day program that focuses on advanced forensic evaluation issues pertinent to juvenile offenders. This training is currently offered twice a year. (1996-2005).

Juvenile Justice Training: Two-day training for juvenile probation officers on juvenile violence, assessment, transfer, competence, and treatment amenability. (1995-1997).

DISSERTATION/ THESIS COMMITTEES

Greco, Carol (1984). The Rorschach  profiles of juveniles who killed their parents. Ph.D, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia.

Jones, Andy (1989). The Insanity Defense in Virginia: An evaluation of defendants and trial outcomes.  Ph. D., Department of Psychology, George Mason University.

Simmons, Brian (1995). Control charting: The application of industrial standards to crime analysis. M.S. Department of Systems Engineering, University of Virginia.

Cook, Sarah (1997).  Assessing threats to valid measurement of violence against women. Ph.D, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.  
 
Gibbs, Natalie (1997). Attentional coping styles in obsessive-compulsive personality disorders: A test of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Hypothesis. Ph.D, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.

Timmerman, Matt (1998). Modeling System Integration into Object -Oriented Analysis. M.S. Department of Systems Engineering, University of Virginia.

Krause, Meredith (1998). Methodological and developmental issues in the assessment of adjudicative competence. Ph.D, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.

Jarvis, John (1998). Ph.D, Understanding imprisonment in the United States: A time series analysis in the sociology of punishment. Department of Sociology, University of Virginia.

Ushakova, Ana (1998). Cross crime consistency and prediction of crime scene history variables from current crime data. Honors Thesis, Department of Psychology, Brandeis University

Hagan, Steve (1999). A Suspect Matching Tool for Robbery Data.. M.S. Department of Systems
 Engineering,University of Virginia.

Dalton, Jason (1999). Optimal band width selection for point pattern processes using kernel density estimation.. M.S. Department of Systems Engineering, University of Virginia.

Lexcen, Fran (2000). Factors associated with juvenile competence to stand trial: Neuropsychological, psychopathology and family variables.  Ph.D, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.

Houck, Kate (2000). Incarcerated women: Parent stress and it’s effect on emotional adjustment to prison. Ph.D, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia.

Kerchner, S. H. (2000). Spatial- Temporal event prediction: Temporal feature analysis. M.S. Department of Systems Engineering, University of Virginia.

Miller, Sonya (2000).  Incarcerated women and substance abuse: Adjustment to prison and perceptions of the prison and non-prison environments. Pre-dissertation, Curry School in Clinical and School Psychology.

Burnette, Mandi (2000). Continuity of conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder in female inmates. Pre-dissertation, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.

Carter, Tamara (2001).  Prison paranoia: Context based paranoid personality traits in incarcerated women. Ph.D, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.

Hurt, Susan (2001).  Affect regulation in incarcerated females with personality disorder diagnoses. Ph.D, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia.
 
Whitney, Jennifer (2001). Social connectedness and adjustment to prison life among female inmates. Ph.D, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia.

Kramer, Melanie (2004). Relationship of Childhood Abuse Histories to levels of Anger Among Incarcerated Women. Pre-dissertation, Curry School in Clinical and School Psychology.

Murrie, Dan (2002). Psycopathy  in  juveniles. Ph.D, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia.

Meekins, Brian (2002). Deterrence in the drug court setting: Case study and quasi experiment. Department of Sociology, University of Virginia.

Mahmoodzadegan, Negar (2003). The relationship of childhood abuse histories and cognitive schemas on peer adjustment for women in prison. Ph.D, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia.

Wickline, Philip (2005-2006).  The Millon Multiaxial Inventory –III and psychopathy among incarcerated women: A preliminary investigation. Master Thesis, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia. 

Sturek, Jennifer Clare (2006-2007). Using the SCID II interview to screen for psychopathy.  Master Thesis, Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia.

Komarovskaya, Irina (2007-2008). Trauma, PTSD, and Outcome among Incarcerated Men and Women. Doctoral Dissertation. Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia.   

Sturek, Jennifer Clare (2008-2009). Paranoid Personality Disorder and Adjustment among Incarcerated Men and Women. Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology, University of Virginia.       
 

SUPERVISION

1982- 1994:   Supervised law students (approximately 30 per year) in conducting forensic evaluations as part of their seminar participation in Psychiatry and Criminal Law, a course offered twice a year by the School of Law, University of Virginia.

1988-1993: Supervised law students (approximately 15 per year) in conducting forensic evaluations as part of their seminar participation in Psychiatry and Civil Law, a course offered once a year by the School of Law, University of Virginia.

1982-2000:  Supervised graduate psychology students, psychology interns and psychiatric residents (approximately 5 a year) assigned to the Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia.

1998: Preparation of 125 psychologists and psychiatrists for certification as Sex Offender Treatment Providers by the Virginia Board of Health Providers.

 CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2000-2006: Associate, Park Dietz and Associates. Criminal and civil cases nationally and internationally Specialization: Duty to warn, negligent releases, risk for violence, foster care and adoptions, alleged sexual abuse, and post-traumatic stress reactions.  

1997-1999: Workplace Violence Assessment.  Assessment of individuals referred by public and private corporations and/or attorneys regarding their risk for violence in the workplace. 

1981-2000: Forensic Psychiatry Clinic.  Assessment of juvenile and adult defendants charged with serious felonies (e.g., capital murder, murder, rape, etc.) as to their competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility and issues that might be pertinent at capital sentencing.  These evaluations involve extensive collaboration with referring attorneys regarding trial preparation and courtroom testimony.

1994-1999: Clinical Consultation.  Consultation to the Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services regarding the commitment and release of patients determined to be Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity.

1983-1993: Civil Clinic. Interdisciplinary collaboration on employment discrimination, workman's compensation, personal injury, disability and malpractice evaluations.

1983-1990: Juvenile Clinic. Completion of custody, abuse/neglect, delinquency disposition, and sterilization evaluations.

ADMINISTRATION

Associate Director, Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy. Over-see organizational budget, supervise support staff, coordinate contractual relationships with the DMHMRDSAS and OAG, and maintain all facility and renovation planning.

Design, coordination and implementation of programs offered by the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy pertaining to the evaluation of convicted sex offenders and juvenile defendants.     

Coordinate the Forensic, Juvenile and Mental Health Law Symposia (approximately 200 attendees each) convened by the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy for the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services and the Office of the Attorney General.

Compile and maintain the Directory of Forensic Experts maintained for the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services and distributed yearly to Circuit and District Court Judges throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Design and Update the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy Website, 1997 -2006

PUBLIC SERVICE
 
Jeffersonian Award Selection Committee, University of Virginia, September, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2003, 200, 2006. This committee reviews the research and writing of faculty at the FBI Academy to ascertain the recipient of the Jefferson Award.
 
Ritualistic Crime Task Force, Virginia State Crime Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1990-1991. 
The Crime Commission, made up of delegates from the House of Representatives and Senate, representatives of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Office of the Attorney General, the Defense Bar, the Commonwealth Attorney=s Association, studied over the course of a eight month period reports of ritualistic and satanic crime activity both within Virginia and across the U.S. The Crime Commission subsequently compiled a report for the General Assembly counseling against the drafting of ritualistic- specific crime categories and cautioning private practitioners against the iatrogenic creation of repressed memories of ritualistic and satanic abuse.

The University of Virginia, Council on Community, University of Virginia, 1992-1995.
Chaired by Warren, the Subcommittee on Data, Strategy and Implementation, initiated a study of all the incidents of violent crime involving University of Virginia students, faculty, and staff, both on campus and off, over a seven year period. This initial effort developed into funded research by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and the National Institute of Justice and  over the past, five years has coalesced into the Virginia Institute of Justice Information Systems currently housed at the University of Virginia.  

Data Collection Sub-Committee, Commission on Family Violence Prevention, 1995.
This sub-committee of the larger Commission on Family Violence studied the various ways in which domestic violence and stalking could be accurately quantified on a on-going basis throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. 

FBI Behavioral Science Unit Research Advisory Board, 1995.
This Advisory Board, convened by the BSU of the FBI, sought to articulate and prioritize the research needs and interests of the Behavioral Sciences Unit for the up-coming decade and sought to develop advantageous collaborations between federal funding agencies, university researchers and state and federal law enforcement.

FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit, FBI/University of Virginia Liaison, 1996-present.
This liaison position involves reviewing the course content and instructor qualifications for all courses offered by the FBI’s Behavioral Sciences Unit to the FBI National Academy (accredited by the University of Virginia); providing teaching and research assistance; and consulting on certain cases of sexually violent crime.

Megan’s Law Crime Task Force, Virginia State Crime Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1996-1997.
This Crime Commission, study, examined the federal reporting requirements for convicted sex offenders; drafted a risk assessment instrument for identifying sex offenders with the greatest risk for re-offending; evaluated community notification procedures used in other states; and drafted relevant statutes for an offense rather than clinically based assessment reporting requirement which was subsequently enacted into law by the General Assembly in 1998.

Mental Health Working Group, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996.
This advisory group, convened in Washington, D.C., was asked to assist OJJDP in delineating the areas of juvenile justice research most deserving of funding and national attention over the upcoming decade.

Juvenile Forensic Advisory Board, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substances Abuse Services, 1997- present.
This advisory group, made up if representatives from the Department of Juvenile Justice, each of the state psychiatric hospitals with an adolescent unit, community service boards with juvenile mental health programs, has been convened by the DMHMRSAS to assist and advise them in the development of a juvenile forensic service delivery system for the Commonwealth of Virginia.            

Sexually Violent Predator Task Force, Virginia State Crime Commission, Commonwealth Virginia, 1998-1999. This Crime Commission Study has been studying the sexually violent predator laws that are being enacted in a number of states across the U.S and attempting to identify and draft into law alternatives for incapacitating and monitoring sexually violent offenders upon their release from the Department of Corrections and their return to the community.  As Chair of the Mental Health Subcommittee, Warren was responsible of determining the commitment standard that would be most appropriate for this type of long term commitment should the law be enacted by the General Assembly.

Adjudicative Competence in Juveniles, Youth Commission Study, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1998. 
This study group, convened by the Youth Commission under a study resolution by the General Assembly, examined the applicability of the competence to stand trial doctrine to juvenile court in Virginia and drafted the juvenile competence legislation which was enacted into law by the General Assembly in 1999.

Juvenile Evaluator Mentoring Working Group, 2000.
This group, convened by the DMHMRSAS, is responsible for over-sight of the practice standards of newly trained juvenile forensic evaluators and the design of new service delivery for juvenile offenders.

Public Defender Citizens Advisory Committee, 2002-2005.
Named by the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, the advisory board over-sees the performance of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Public Defender’s Office and assists in the determination of its long-term community goals. 

FBI CASMIRC Research Advisory Board, 2000-2006.
The advisory board assists the Child Abduction and Serial Murder Unit of the NCAVC in conceptualizing, writing and publishing research related to its areas of investigation.

NGA Prison Reentry Policy Team, DMHMRSAS, 2004-2005.
The policy team members area tasked by the legislature to examine barriers to the reentry of prison inmates with mental health and substance abuse needs and to identify promising practices for use in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Episcopal Church Title IV Taskforce, 2003- 2005. 
Consultation to Episcopal Church on the rewriting of their guidelines concerning the ethical behavior of clergy within the church. 

Task Force on the Radicalization of Inmates in State and Federal Prison, 2006.
University Task Force organized by the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University and the Critical Institute Advisory Group at the University of Virginia to examine issues of recruitment to terroristic activity in penal institutions in North America and Europe.

Psychiatric Advance Directives Working Group
Initiation of a Task Force involving members of the ILPPP, DMHMRSAS, OAG, and consumers to promote, implement and research the creation of psychiatric advance directives throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.      
 
CONSULTATIVE ACTIVITIES
 
Consultation (1986-2005).  Ongoing consultation with the Behavioral Sciences Unit and the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime of the FBI on research targeting the serial rapist, sexual sadist, and serial murder.

Consultation on criminal and civil cases throughout the U.S.A – sexual assault in prison, false allegations of sexual abuse, negligent release decision-making, duty to protect third parties, foster care licensing and placement, institutional  sexual abuse and violence, prison rape and sexual coercion, undue familiarity of therapists, and post-traumatic stress disorder.    

Practice of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Charlottesville, Virginia.

2-2011