Vincent Van Hasselt, Ph.D., is professor of psychology and criminal justice, and director of the Family Violence Program at Nova Southeastern University. He is also a certified police officer with the Plantation, FL, Police Department where he is training coordinator of the Crisis Response Team. Dr. Van Hasselt serves as a consultant to the FBI’s Behavioral Science, Crisis Negotiation, and Employee Assistance Units, and is team psychologist for the FBI Miami Hostage Negotiation Unit. Over the past 15 years, he has been a lecturer at the FBI National Academy on the topics of critical incident stress management and stress and mental health issues in law enforcement personnel and their families. A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Van Hasselt maintained, for many years, a private practice specializing in the problems of emergency first responders.