Biography     

Roger H. Peters, Ph.D. is Chair and Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), University of South Florida, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Florida State University, following completion of a pre-doctoral internship at the University of North Carolina, School of Medicine. Dr. Peters has served as Principal Investigator and Director for numerous grant projects, including the recent NIDA P30 Research Core Center award to establish the USF Center on Co-Occurring Disorders, Justice, and Multidisciplinary Research (CJM Center).  He also served as PI on the SAMHSA-funded Suncoast Practice and Research Collaborative (SPARC) project. Dr. Peters served from 1995-2004 as the lead consultant to the National GAINS Center for People with Co-occurring Disorders in the Justice System.

Dr. Peters has pursued research, consultation, and training initiatives involving substance abuse treatment within the criminal justice system. He has published frequently in major journals, served on federal expert panels, grant and document reviews, national advisory boards and committees, and has served as a consultant to numerous federal and state agencies. Dr. Peters served for four years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, and has been appointed for the past eight years to the Florida Supreme Court’s Task Force on Treatment-Based Drug Courts. He served as Chair and Co-editor of the SAMHSA/CSAT Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) #44 on ”Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System”, published in 2005.  On March 20, 2007, Dr. Peters provided testimony to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on the Second Chance Act of 2007 legislation. 

Research, consultation, and training have been conducted within the context of jail, prison, courts, community corrections, and juvenile justice settings. Clinical activities have included forensic assessment at the Forensic Evaluation and Consultation Center; supervision of postdoctoral fellows, predoctoral interns, and graduate students; and outpatient treatment of sex offenders and substance abusers.

Recent Publications

In press Peters, R.H., Ray, J.M., & Kremling, J. (in press). Criminal populations and substance abuse. In N.S. Miller (Ed.), Principles and practices of addictions in law and medicine. Elsevier Press.

Peters, R.H., & Kremling, J. (2008). Prisons and jails; Drug treatment in prisons and jails; and Drug use and HIV/AIDS in prisons and jails.  In P. Korsmeyer & H. Kranzler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol and Addictive Behavior, Third Edition (pps. 289-297).  New York: MacMillan Press.

Peters, R.H. (2008).  Co-occurring disorders.  In C. Hardin & J.N. Kushner (Eds.), Quality improvement for drug courts: Evidence-based practices (pps. 51-61).  Alexandria, Virginia: National Drug Court Institute, National Association of Drug Court Professionals.

Peters, R.H., Sherman, P.B. & Osher, F.C. (2008).  Treatment in jails and prisons.   In K.T. Mueser & D.V. Jeste (Eds.), Clinical handbook of schizophrenia (pps. 354-364).  New York: Guilford Press.

Peters, R.H., Bartoi, M.G., & Sherman, P.B.  (2008). Screening and assessment of co-occurring disorders in the justice system.  Delmar N.Y: The National GAINS Center.

Peters, R.H., & Bekman, N.M. (2007).   Treatment and reentry approaches for offenders with co-occurring disorders.  In R.B. Greifinger, J. Bick, & J. Goldenson (Eds.),  Public health behind bars: From prisons to communities (pps. 368-384).   New York: Springer Publishers.
       
Peters, R.H., & Bekman, N.M. (2007).  Treatment and reentry approaches for offenders with co-occurring disorders.  Jail Suicide/Mental Health Update, 16(2), 1-12.  National Center of Institutions and Alternatives, and the National Institute of Corrections.

Peters, R.H., Hunt, W.M., Moore, K.A., Hills, H.A., & Young, M.S. (2007).  Strategies for implementing evidence-based practice in community substance abuse treatment settings.  Journal of Drug Addiction, Education and Eradication, 3(1), 1-20. Publishers.
       
Peters, R.H., Hunt, W.M., Moore, K.A., Hills, H.A., & Young, M.S. (2006).  Strategies for implementing evidence-based practice in community substance abuse treatment settings.  In L.A. Bennett (Ed.), Substance abuse treatment: New research, (pps.151-170).  New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Peters, R.H., & Wexler, H.K. (2005) (Editors).   Substance abuse treatment for adults in the criminal justice system.  Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) #44.   Rockville, Maryland: Substance  Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

Peters, R.H., Matthews, C.O., & Dvoskin, J.A. (2005).  Treatment in prisons and jails.  In J.H. Lowinson, P. Ruiz, R.B. Millman, & J.G. Langrod (Eds.), Substance  abuse:  A comprehensive textbook – fourth edition, (pps. 707-722).  Baltimore, MD: Williams& Wilkins Publishers.

Peters, R.H., Moore, K.A., Hills, H.A., Young, M.S., LeVasseur, J.B., Rich, A.R., Hunt, W.M., & Valente, T.W. (2005). Use of opinion leaders and intensive training to implement evidence-based co-occurring disorders treatment in the community.  Journal of Addictive Diseases, 24 (Supplement #1), 53-74.