Adjunct Professor, College of New Resources, New York, NY — 1980-1981
Taught 6-credit course: Juvenile Justice in the United States.

Director, Juvenile Justice Planning Project, New York, NY — 1975-1985
Full supervisory and day-to-day management responsibilities for multi-disciplinary planning and design of service-delivery projects for life-style violent juvenile offenders.
National consultant on linkages between child abuse & juvenile delinquency.

Director, Advocacy Associates, New York, NY and Jersey City, NJ — 1973-1975
Day-to-day management of organization of criminal justice professionals. Prepared criminological and legislative analysis of the NJ Parole Board in cooperation with maximum security prisoners in NJ penal facilities.

Planner-Analyst, Crime Control Coordinator's Office, New York, NY — 1974-1975
Responsible for evaluation and monitoring of DCJS projects; designed and analyzed proposals for novel DCJS projects.

Project Director, Department of Youth Services, Boston, MA — 1972-1973
Chief designer and manager of deinstitutionalization models for state’s juvenile "training schools" and detention centers.

Director, Intensive Treatment Unit (ANDROS II), Roslindale, MA — 1972-1973
Full supervisory and day-to-day management responsibilities for special maximum security institution focusing on treatment of "aggressive-violent" juvenile offenders. Planning and oversight of entire operation including staffing, training, programs, and treatment.

Deputy Director, Medfield-Norfolk Prison Project, Medfield, MA — 1971-1972
Supervisory and management responsibilities for experimental resocialization and medical services program for state prisoners on-site at state mental hospital.

Director, Libra, Inc., Cambridge, MA — 1971-1972
Full supervisory and day-to-day management responsibilities for community-based re-entry program serving former federal, state, and juvenile prisoners returning to area.

Director, Uptown Community Organization, Chicago, IL — 1970-1971
Full supervisory and day-to-day management responsibilities for private advocacy and social service agency, offering community-based services to urban migrant population.

Organizer/Coordinator, Calumet Community Congress, Calumet, IN — 1970
Field organization and coordination of founding convention for county-wide, non-aligned political organization focusing on community action addressing local social concerns.

Urban Coordinator, Community Development Foundation, Norwalk, CT — 1969-1970
Training Department: all phases including media relations. Field coordinator on special international assignments, e.g.: Biafra, during 1969 war.

Unit Supervisor, Department of Social Services, New York, NY — 1966-1969
Full supervisory and day-to-day management responsibilities for multi-faceted urban casework team (promotions from prior field positions: caseworker, senior caseworker).

Program Representative, U.S. Public Health Service, OH — 1965-1966
Field investigator/interviewer for Task Force on Eradication of Syphilis; special investigative assignments for clinic, hospital, and institutional data-gathering.

New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
J.D., magna cum laude, June, 1975

Editor-in-Chief, New England Law Review, 1974-1975
Amos L. Taylor Graduation Award for Scholastic Excellence , 1975
Board of Trustees Full Scholarships: 1973-1974, 1974-1975
Moot Court Board (Post-Conviction Section) 1973-1975
American Jurisprudence Awards:
Criminal Law, Contracts, Domestic Relations, Administrative Law
West Annual Hornbook Student Award (First-in-class rank) 1973

Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
B.A., 1965

John Hay Whitney Foundation Fellow, 1976-1977
Industrial Areas Foundation Training Institute Fellow, 1970-1971
United States Public Health Service Interviewing School, 1965

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, 1988, for Strega
[as "La Sorciere de Brooklyn," (Albin Michel)] .

The Falcon Award, 1988, Maltese Falcon Society of
Japan, for Strega (Hayakawa).

Deutschen Krimi Preis, Die Jury des Bochumer Krimi
Archivs, 1989, for Flood [as "Kata," (Ullstein)].

Board of Counselors:
ChildTrauma Academy
Baylor University
Houston, TX

Member, Expert Advisory Panel on Catastrophic Child Abuse
New York State Office of Mental Health

National Association of Counsel for Children
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
PEN American Center
Writers Guild of America

The Life-Style Violent Juvenile: The Secure Treatment Approach, 1979.

Flood, 1985; Strega, 1987; Blue Belle, 1988; Hard Candy, 1989; Blossom, 1990; Sacrifice, 1991; Shella, 1993; Down in the Zero, 1994; Footsteps of the Hawk, 1995; Batman: The Ultimate Evil, 1995; False Allegations, 1996, Safe House, 1998, Choice of Evil, 1999, Dead and Gone, 2000.

Predator: Race War, 1995; Hard Looks, 1996.

Another Chance to Get It Right, 1993.

Born Bad, 1994; Everybody Pays, 1999.

Parade Magazine.

Ad Hoc Parole Committee, NJ State Prisons
Alaska Statewide Juvenile Justice Conference
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Jurisprudence Section
American Society of Criminology
Arca Foundation
Arizona Governor's Juvenile Justice Conference
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Association of Judges of the Family Court of the State of New York
Boston University School of Law
Child Placement Review Board (NJ)
Cheshire County (NH) Chiefs of Police Association
Child Welfare League of America
Children's Justice Conference (6th Annual), Washington State (CLE)
CUNY Adaptor Program
Cleveland Federation for Community Planning
Columbia University School of Social Work, Child Sexual Abuse Training
Community Development Foundation , (Norwalk, CT)
Community Research Center (Champaign, IL)
Connecticut Department of Personnel, Corrections Division
Eastern Regional Conference on Abuse and Multiple Personality (CME)
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Economic Development Council
Elmcor Narcotics Program
Exchange Club/Dick Webber Center, Mock Trial (CLE)
Florida Network of Youth and Family Services
Fordham University
Georgia Institute of Continuing Judicial Education
Hostos Community College
Inter-Association Child Care Conference
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Johns Hopkins University
Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center (Grand Rounds, CME)
La Raza Unida (South Bronx, NY)
Law Guardian Training Program, NYS Ninth Judicial District (CLE)
Juvenile Defense and Child Protective Litigation (CLE)
League of Women Voters (NY)
Lenox Hill Hospital (NY)
Louisiana Agenda for Children
Maryland Governor's Conference on Child Abuse & Neglect
Mercy College
Mississippi Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse (CLE)
National Association of Counsel for Children (CLE)
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
National Association of Counties Research
National College of Juvenile Justice
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, New York State Chapter
National Conference of Black Lawyers
National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges
National Office for Social Responsibility
National State Advisory Groups on Juvenile Justice
National Symposium on Child Sexual Abuse
National Children's Advocacy Center
National Youth Work Alliance
New Hampshire Department of Corrections Field Service Unit
New York County Lawyers' Association (CLE and Trial Demonstration Programs)
New York State Bar Association
New York State Bureau of Forensic Services
New York State Bureau of Prosecution and Defense Services
New York State Council of Voluntary Family and Child Care Agencies
NYU School of Law
New Orleans Writers' Conference
Northeastern Family Institute
Oregon's Agenda for Children, Youth, and Families
Pennsylvania Office of Children, Youth, and Families
Redd Barna [Save the Children, Norway]
Save Our Children Organization (MN)
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NY)
South Carolina Youth Services
Southeastern Network of Runaway, Youth and Family Services
Southern Legislators Conference
St. Luke's (IA) Hospital Child Protection Center (CLE)
Support Center for Child Advocates
Texas Child Protective Services, Statewide Conference
Touro College of Law, Women's Bar Association
United Way of Central Maryland
University Medical Center Mississippi (CME)
U.S. Campaign to End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism (ECPAT)
U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on Libraries and the Internet
U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Regional Workshops
Virginia Juvenile Officers Association
Wake County (NC) Department of Social Services Coalition
Westinghouse National Issues Center
Youth Services Alliance of Pennsylvania

Representative List: Not Comprehensive