A Message From the Editor-in-Chief

• Author: George B. Palermo
• Published date: 01 December 2016
• Date: 01 December 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X16672867
• Subject Matter: Editorial

International Journal of

Offender Therapy and

Comparative Criminology

2016, Vol. 60(16) 1815

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Editorial

A Message From the Editor-

in-Chief

For the past 25 years, I have had the honor of being associated with the International

Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (IJOTCC), first as

Associate Editor and then as Editor-in-Chief. During that period, the Journal has

increased its output from four issues a year to its current 14 issues. It has been a great

privilege to work with so many persons throughout the world—authors, reviewers, and

members of the Editorial Board, all of whom have contributed in their own way to that

increase. In addition, many outstanding people associated with SAGE Publications

have helped us along the way. It has been a challenge and a pleasure. I have been fortu-

nate to have made many friends, both personally and “virtual.” It is thus that with regret

and some sadness that this will be my last year with the Journal.

As of January 2017, Dr. Mark T. Palermo will become the Editor-in Chief of the

IJOTCC. Dr. Palermo graduated from the University of Rome Medical School, La

Sapienza, in 1987, with his medical doctorate dissertation under the supervision of the

late Prof. Franco Ferracuti, renowned criminologist. He later specialized in neurology

at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and in psychiatry at the Phipps

Clinic of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. He received his mas-

ter’s degree in criminology from the University of Rome. He is clinical assistant pro-

fessor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine of the Medical

College of Wisconsin, chairman of The Law and Behavior Foundation in Amsterdam,

and an independent medical examiner for various international organizations in Rome.

He will, I am sure, bring new ideas and new perspectives to the Journal.

I wish to thank the members of the IJOTCC editorial board for their assistance

throughout the years. I also thank the many outside reviewers who unselfishly gave

their time to review the articles submitted to the Journal, the various persons at SAGE

Publications who have aided in my work, and all the authors who have contributed their

articles to the Journal. Best wishes to all for the holiday season and for the New Year!

George B. Palermo, MD, MScCrim, PhD

Editor-in-Chief

University of Nevada School of Medicine, Henderson, USA

Corresponding Author:

George B. Palermo, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Las Vegas,

Mailing Address: 2169 Silent Echoes Drive, Henderson, NV, 89044, USA.

Email: gbpalermo@gmail.com

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