Los Angeles, California - Counseling Expert Witnesses
Shaw, Ph.D., James E - Los Angeles, CA
Gangs; School Safety; Youth Violence; Child Abuse Reporting (Adolescent, Child, Criminal, Counseling, Education, Crime, Prison, Jail, Police, School, and Drugs)

Dr. James E. Shaw is a Superior Court-Certified Expert Witness and the author of the nationally-acclaimed book, "Jack and Jill, Why They Kill." Nationwide, he works with attorneys in Case Consultation, Litigation Support (including Report Writing and Testifying Under Oath), Deposition, and Trial Preparation. His past assignments range from celebrity cases (a homicide matter in the famed Conga Room Club owned by actors Jennifer Lopez and Jimmy Smits) to a U.S. Navy Court-Martial gang case to a federal court gang bank heist matter to a West Point Military Academy gang incident to school-related child sexual abuse occurrences to a Uzi-assault event resulting in triple murders to a gang assault-with-deadly-weapon on Los Angeles Police Officers. He is a former public school administrator and former prosecutor at the Norwalk Superior Court's (CA) Truancy Court.

He is the creator of the "Homicidally-at-Risk Adolescent Profile" (HARAP) instrument, used by the Law Office of the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender, and the B.R.A.V.E. ("Be Resilient Avoid Violence Everywhere") violence education and prevention curriculum, cited by the FBI/ATF as an intervention "model of best community practices." He is currently at work on a forthcoming book titled, "GANGrene: Youth Terrorism USA."

Additionally, he is a consultant and television personality for "Homegirls," a documentary for HBO on female gangs, co-produced by Father Gregory Boyle, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and Luis Colina. Dr. Shaw has been a frequent guest on NBC Today Show; Good Morning America; MSNBC Live With Mitch Albom; CNN TalkBack; CBS EyeWitness News; Associated Press Radio; The Bill O'Reilly Show; and some 300 other radio and nationally-syndicated media outlets. He also writes and co-writes reality-based TV scripts and novels. "Girl Sinner, Lady Saint" is his novel, based on his four-year in-prison/in-person research on teenage girls serving time for homicide and murder. "The Life You Save" is his made-for-television screenplay, agented by the Sarnoff Company, about delinquent girls in a group home who try to go straight in a world full of curves.

He holds associate membership (No. 00711062) in the American Bar Association. For a number of years, he taught the "Administration of Justice: Juvenile Delinquency and Legal Procedures" courses at the El Camino Police Academy. Dr. Shaw will work with you to help you achieve your client-objectives. His professional background and expertise can be used to great advantage for you, and provide the winning edge. You may find more information about Dr. Shaw at his website, at www.expertincourt.blogspot.com. You may feel free to call him. He may be reached at (310) 678-6950.

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