George C. Klein, PhD

Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, Illinois

Phone: (847) 376-7048
Fax: (847) 635-1798
Email: klein@oakton.edu

General Specialty Area 1: Law Enf & Criminal Justice

Specialty Focus, Special Skills, Experience: Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Mentally Ill, Police. Police apprehension of the mentally ill.

Additional Information: George C. Klein, PhD is an expert on police apprehension of the mentally ill. He was a part-time police officer for over eight years and has been a consultant to the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy for 11 years. He is a trained hostage negotiator and served with a SWAT team. In 2009 he published a book entitled, Law And The Disordered: An Exploration In Mental Health, Law and Politics. The book is an examination of the mental health and criminal justice system in Illinois. It includes a chapter on his fieldwork on police apprehension of the mentally ill.

Education: PhD, Union Graduate School; MA, University of Illinois at Chicago; MA, Northwestern University; AM, University of Chicago

Years in Practice: 40