Bio

Dr. Reid Meloy is a diplomate in forensic psychology of the American Board of Professional  Psychology.  He was formerly  Chief of the Forensic Mental Health Division for San Diego County, and now devotes his time to a private criminal forensic practice, research, writing, and teaching.  He is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine; an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law; and a faculty member of the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute.  He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and is past President of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology.   In 1992 he received the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology as a Profession Award from the California Psychological Association; in 1998 he received the first National Achievement Award from the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals; and in 2000 his stalking book received honorable mention, the Manfred Guttmacher Award, American Psychiatric Association.  He is also President of Forensis, Inc., a nonprofit, public benefit corporation devoted to forensic psychiatric and psychological research (www.forensis.org).  Dr. Meloy has authored or co-authored over one hundred eighty papers published in peer-reviewed psychiatric and psychological journals, and has authored, co-authored, or edited ten books:  The Psychopathic Mind (1988),  Clinical Guidelines for Involuntary Outpatient Treatment (1990), Violent Attachments (1992),  Rorschach Assessment of Aggressive and Psychopathic Personalities (1994), Contemporary Rorschach Interpretation (1997),  The Psychology of Stalking: Clinical and Forensic Perspectives  (1998), Violence Risk and Threat Assessment (2000), The Mark of Cain (2001),  The Scientific Pursuit of Stalking (2006), and  Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures (2008).  He is also the co-developer with Dr. Steve White of the WAVR-21 (www.wavr21.com), the first structured professional judgment instrument for the assessment of workplace violence risk.  He is a sought after psychological expert on various criminal cases throughout the United States and Europe, and is currently a consultant to the counterintelligence division of the FBI.  He is also a member of the Fixated Research Group for the United Kingdom’s Home Office concerning threats to the Royal Family and other British political figures.