The University of Southern Mississippi: Doctor of Philosophy, Administration of Justice
Dissertation: Gender Criminal Sexuality and Psychopathology: Pornography as a Contributory Risk Factor
in the Psycho-Social Development of Violent Sex Offenders
The University of Texas at Tyler M.P.S. in Public Administration, Concentration in Criminal Justice Policy
John Jay College of Criminal Justice M.A. in Forensic Psychology
C.W. Post Center-Long Island University M.P.S. in Criminal Justice Thesis Title: Child Molestation
New York Institute of Technology B.S. in Criminal Justice-Police Science
Experience:
35 years of criminal justice and corrections experience, both in the military, as well as a civilian. He is originally from Long Island, New York, and began his professional career in criminal justice in the U.S. Marine Corps, after having attended Military Police and Corrections School at Ft Gordon in Georgia. He is also retired psychologist and psychotherapist from the Texas Prison System with more than 25 years of clinical-forensic mental health experience, treating a wide variety of convicted felons institutionalized with mental health and mental retardation issues, along with concurrent sex offender and addiction/substance abuse problems. In addition, Dr. Tiefenwerth holds a number of professional state and national licenses and certifications, including: as a Texas State Licensed Professional Counselor, a Texas State Licensed Sex Offender Treatment Provider, a Nationally Certified Psychologist, a Nationally Certified Criminal Justice Addiction Specialist, a Nationally Certified Correctional Health Professional, as well as possessing several other state, national, and international certifications in the forensic mental health and addiction/substance abuse counseling fields.
Recent Teaching Areas:
Forensic Victimology
Psychology of the Criminal Mind
Criminal Personality
Understanding the Dynamics of Antisocial behavior
The Substance Abusing Batterer
Recent Research Interests:
Correctional Psychology
Prevarication and Detection of Deception
Interview and Interrogation
Assessment of Forensic Populations
(Mentally Ill/Retarded Offenders, Sex Offenders, Substance Abusers, and domestic violence abusers)
Clinical-Forensic Mental Health Evaluations
Risk Assessments for dangerousness and recidivism of forensic clients.
Professional Organizations, Affiliations, and Activities:
Academy of Correctional Health Professionals
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
American Association of University Professors
American Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association
American Counseling Association
American Mental Health Counselors Association
American Association for Correctional & Forensic Psychology
American Association of University Professors
APA Div. 2 Society of the Teaching of Psychology
APA Div. 18 Psychologists in Public Service-Criminal Justice Section
APA Div. 41 American Psychology- Law Society
APA Div. 50 Addictions
Community College Criminal Justice Educators of Texas
International Association of Addictions and Offender Counseling
International Association of Correctional Training Personnel
Louisiana Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors
Louisiana Association of Crisis Negotiators
Louisiana Association of Drug Court Professionals
Louisiana Mental Health Counselors Association
Louisiana Substance Abuse Counselors and Trainers
(Former Board Member and Vice Chair of the Credentialing Committee)
