Dr. Joel Andrade holds a PhD and MSW from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work with a concentration in Forensics. He has worked in correctional and forensic mental health since 1997 and is the Senior Director of Behavioral Health Services for Centurion. He has presented and published journal articles and book chapters on numerous correctional health care topics including psychopathy, violence risk assessment, self-injurious behavior, suicide prevention and intervention, designing alternatives to segregation units for correctional systems and gender dysphoria.  Dr. Andrade is also the editor of The Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment: New Approaches for Mental Health Professionals.