MATSA

MATSA Media Contact List

One of MATSA's goals is to help educate the public about effective treatment and risk management of sex offenders. This includes providing the best available scientific data to members of the media who are writing stories on offenders, social policy, and related issues. The following MATSA members are available to respond to questions from the media in their identified areas of expertise:

Name	Telephone	Area of expertise
Barry Anechiarico, LICSW	800.455.8726	community treatment of adults and juveniles
Carol J. Ball, PhD	781.643.0610 x. 11	compulsive sexual disorders (exhibitionists, voyeurs, obscene phone callers, etc.), assessment and treatment
Kathryn Chapman, MSW	508.649.9980	treatment of male, female, and juvenile offenders
Kevin Creedon, MA	508.384.5246	juvenile & cognitively impaired offenders: assessment and treatment
John Cusack, PhD	617.666.5800	juvenile and adult offenders: assessment and treatment
John Devendoft, PhD	617.282.4762	juvenile offenders: secure and residential treatment
Joseph Doherty, EdD	617.864.5434	adult offenders: assessment and treatment
Martin Kafka, MD	617.855.3191	pharmacological treatment of offenders, sexual compulsive disorders
Thomas Keating, LMHC	978.343.6957	developmentally disabled and mentally ill offenders
Craig Latham, PhD	508.650.4800	juvenile offenders: public policy, DYS, effects of media, sex, & violence
Robert Paré, LICSW	401.374.1050	juvenile offenders: secure and residential treatment
Joseph J. Plaud, PhD	508.234.8008	adult offenders: civil commitment, behavioral assessment & treatment
Joseph Rak, LICSW	978.534.1962	adult sex offender treatment
Barbara K. Schwartz, PhD	781.643.0610	offender treatment, management, and supervision