Janet I. Warren, DSW, LCSW
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Janet I. Warren, DSW, is Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at University of Virginia (UVA). In this capacity, she served as teaching and research faculty at the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, a multi-disciplinary policy center organized under the auspices of the School of Law and the School of Medicine at the UVA. In her position at the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, Dr. Warren provided training on conducting forensic evaluations for the courts and specializes in evaluations that focus on assessing the risk for violent behavior among juveniles and adults, the examination of individuals charged with sexual crimes, and the legal decisional capacity of adolescents and young adults.
Dr. Warren was the UVA liaison to the FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit (BSU) and has worked with the BSU in developing paradigms relevant to the criminal investigative analyses of sexual offenders including distinctions between impulsive versus ritualistic sex offenders, and the elements of modus operandi, ritual, and signature displayed in an offender’s crime scene behavior. She has also collaborated with the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime in conducting research on the crime scene analysis of serial rape, sexually sadistic murder, and child abduction and murder. She has worked previously with Don K. Brown in developing GPS methods for conducting geographical profiling of serial sexual offenders and in creating software for police departments to use in identifying hot spots of for use in deploying resources in a timely manner.
In 2007, Dr. Warren received funding from the National Institute of Justice to conduct a three-year study of sexual violence and victimization in prison in response to the passing of the Prison Rape Elimination Act. This research resulted in the publication of a book in 2013, Risk Markers for Sexual Predation and Victimization in Prison, which explored risk markers for coerced, bartered, and consensual sex in prison for both male and female inmates. In 2010, she began a decade of study for the Boy Scouts of America of their Ineligible Volunteer (IV) “P” (Perversion) files created by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) from 1944 through 2016 resulting in a database of 7,819 alleged perpetrators and 12,254 known victims. In 2017, She was awarded funding by the National Institute of Justice to conduct research concerning the use of social media to prompt the radicalization of women to acts of extremist violence.
Dr. Warren has published in peer reviewed journals on topics including child sexual abuse, serial rape, child abduction and murder, crime scene analysis of sexually sadistic crimes involving children and adults, consensual and coerced sex in prisons, risk factors for violence, personality disorders, psychopathy, female inmates, linkage analysis involving sexual crimes, the use of third party information in conducting evaluations for the courts, forensic evaluation and opinion formation for the courts, and juvenile adjudicative competency and restoration. Many of these publications have derived from research funding by the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Boy Scouts of America, and the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Dr. Warren has a BSW and a MSW from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and a doctorate in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley. She is a clinical social worker licensed by the Virginia Board of Social Work, a Sex Offender Treatment Provider (1994) licensed by the Virginia Board of Psychology, and a psychoanalyst accredited by the New York Freudian Society and the International Psychoanalytic Association.
Dr. Warren has been a Forensic Expert with Park Dietz & Associates since 2000.
- Child Abuse
- Child Sexual Abuse
- Crime Scene Analysis
- Jails & Prisons
- Malingering
- Social Work/Social Services
- Terrorism
- Violent Crimes
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A:
• University of Virginia Professor of Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry Sciences, Emerita
• Clinical Adjunct University of Virginia School of Law
• Senior Faculty Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, University of Virginia (ILPPP)
• Bachelor of Social Work – University of Manitoba
• Master of Social Work – University of Manitoba
• Doctorate of Social Welfare – University of California, Berkeley
• Licensed by the Virginia Board of Social Work
• Certified by the Virginia Board of Psychology as a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider
• Psychoanalyst accredited by the International Psychoanalytic Association and the Contemporary Freudian Society
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A:
• International Working Group on Terrorist Threat and Risk Management
• Research Consultant: FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit
• Research Consultant: Boy Scouts of America (BSA)
• UVA Liaison FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit
• Ritualistic Crime Task Force, Virginia State Crime Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Megan’s Law Crime Task Force, Virginia State Crime Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Mental Health Working Group, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Washington, DC
• Sexually Violent Predator Task Force, Virginia State Crime Commission, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Competence in Juveniles, Youth Commission Study, Commonwealth of Virginia
• FBI NCAVC Research Advisory Board, Washington, D.C., United States
• British Home Office, Primrose Treatment Advisory Group, London, England
• NGA Prison Reentry Policy Team, DMHMRSAS, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Episcopal Church Title IV Taskforce on Sexual Impropriety, Washington, DC
• Governor’s Commission on Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Affiliate Member, FBI International Criminal Investigative Analysis Fellowship
• UVA Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy
• Blue Ridge Chapter of Clinical Social Work
• National Federation of Clinical Social Work
• National Association of Social Work
• The Contemporary Freudian Society
• The International Psychoanalytic Association
• Virginia Psychoanalytic Association
• Contemporary Freudian Society Progression Committee
• Contemporary Freudian Society Board Member
• Charlottesville Public Defender Citizen’s Advisory Committee
• Juvenile Forensic Advisory Board, Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substances Abuse Services
• Grant Reviewer National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Peer reviewer for Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal, Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Crime and Justice Research, European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Journal of Family Violence, Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Journal of Personality Disorders. Violence against Women, Law and Human Behavior, International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, Psychiatric Services, Women and Health, Psychology and Violence, Polish Journal of Psychiatry.
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A:
Training for mental health and law enforcement professionals:
• Psychiatry and Civil Practice. University of Virginia School of Law
• Violence in America. National Academy Program at the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia
• Juvenile Risk Assessment: State funded training for mental health practitioners through UVA Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) concerning the clinical and actuarial assessment of risk for violence by youth within the community, correctional centers and psychiatric settings.
• Adult Risk Assessment: State funded training for mental health practitioners through UVA Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) concerning clinical and actuarial assessment of risk for adults within the community and psychiatric settings.
• Basic Forensic Training Program: Five-day state funded training for mental health practitioners through UVA Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) concerning the law and the clinical process of conducting competence to stand trial and criminal responsibility evaluations for the courts.
• Juvenile Basic Forensic Training Program: Five-day state funded training for mental health practitioners through UVA Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) concerning the evaluation of competence to stand trial, legal sanity and transfer of juvenile defendants to criminal court
• Sex Offender Evaluations: Three-day program state funded training for mental health practitioners through UVA Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP on conducting evaluations of convicted sex offenders regarding their determination as Sexually Violent Predators.
• Capital Sentencing Evaluations: One-day state funded training for mental health practitioners through UVA Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) that informs and educates psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers in conducting capital sentencing evaluations.
• Insanity Acquittee Evaluations: One-day state funded training for mental health practitioners through UVA Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) that informs Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) commitment evaluations.
• Juvenile Justice Training: Two-day training for juvenile probation officers on juvenile violence, assessment, transfer, competence, and treatment amenability.
International Meetings and Conferences:
• Profiling the Serial Rapist. International Meeting on the Profiling of Violent Offenders, University of Surrey, London, England
• Sexual Sadism. The Professions and Serious Serial Offenders, University of Melbourne and Ministry for Police and Emergency Services, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
• Investigation of Offenses against Children. The Professions and Serious Serial Offenders, University of Melbourne and Ministry for Police and Emergency Services, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia,
• Investigation of Offenses against Children. The Professions and Serious Serial Offenders, University of Melbourne and Ministry for Police and Emergency Services, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia,
• Investigation of Offenses against Children. The Professions and Serious Serial Offenders, University of Melbourne and Ministry for Police and Emergency Services, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia,
• Serial Rape. The Professions and Serious Serial Offenders, University of Melbourne and Ministry for Police and Emergency Services, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
• Women Who Kill. The Professions and Serious Serial Offenders, University of Melbourne and Ministry for Police and Emergency Services, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
• Profiling Jack the Ripper: A Panel Presentation. The Professions and Serious Serial Offenders, University of Melbourne and Ministry for Police and Emergency Services, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
• The Death Penalty in America: A Competition of Traumas. International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Geographical Profiling of Serial Rape. Forensic Statistics Third Annual Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• The Sexually Sadistic Serial Killer. Pseudosexual Perversities, International Congress, International Center for Molested and Abducted Children, Brussels, Belgium
• Personality Disorders and Violence Among Female Inmates. 11th International Congress on Law and Mental Health. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Students at Risk for Violence Keynote. University of Toronto, National Conference, Toronto, Canada,
• Understanding the Risk Factors for Violence and Criminality in Women. Program Committee, International Academy of Law and Psychiatry, Paris, France
• Risk Markers for Sexual Violence and Victimization in Prison. International Academy of Law and Psychiatry, Padua, Italy
• Restoration Outcome of Juveniles Adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial. International Academy of Forensic Mental Health, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Issues of internal consistency and construct validity with Cluster B Personality Disorders. International Academy of Forensic Mental Health. Edinburgh, Scotland
• The Prison Rape Elimination Ac (PREA): Policy Significance and Outcomes. International Academy of Law and Psychiatry, Berlin, Germany
• Exploring the role of trauma in the association between personality disorders and violence. International Association of Trauma and Stress Studies, Baltimore, USA
• Rick Markers for Sexual Predation and Victimization in Prison. International Conference on Special Needs Offenders. Ottawa, Canada
• Sexual Offending in Youth Serving Organizations: An Examination of 4, 254 “P” Coded Ineligible Volunteer (IV) Files, 1990-2010. International Association of Law and Mental Health, Vienna, Austria
• Radicalization of Female Terrorists. Risk Assessment Working Group, University of Lancaster, England
• A Research Paradigm for the Empirical Study of Terror-involved Women. International Risk Management Working Group, Charleston, North Carolina
• A Moral-situational Action Risk Model for Violent Extremism. The SAT Working Group. Cambridge, England.
• Assessing risk among women involved in terrorist violence. International Association of Law and Mental Health, Rome Italy.
- Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No
- Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Approximately, 160-200
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A:
• Standard of care for sexual abuse in schools, private academies, universities, youth-serving organizations, day-care centers, churches, social service agencies, hospitals, group homes, and military academies
• Standard of care for sexual assaults in correctional facilities
• False allegations of sexual abuse and sexual assault
• Risk for violence and sexual offending
• Serial rape and serial murder
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: Approximately 5%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: Approximately 95%
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: Approximately 40-50
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: September 2024
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: Every time I have been in court to give expert testimony
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: Approximately 30-40
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 40 years
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Consulting, preparation of expert reports, and testimony concerning primarily the standard of care.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: Hourly rates are the same for all activities and are available on request.
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Travel expenses and other expenses specified in the engagement letter or contract.
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