Prof. Carabellese Felice Francesco, MD, Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry, is Full Professor of Forensic Psychopathology and Legal Medicine, at the School of Medicine and School of Law, of the University of Bari, Aldo Moro, Italy. Visiting Professor of Forensic Psychiatry of the Trinity College University of Dublin, Ireland.

Author and co-author of over 150 scientific papers, and about 50 chapters of manuals and handbooks on psychiatry and forensic psychology, he has directed his research activity in particular on the risk of violent and antisocial behaviors in offenders with mental disorders and on the effectiveness of forensic treatment.

He is a member and fellow of the most prestigious scientific associations of psychiatry and forensic psychology and criminology in Europe and USA and in the last 20 years he has participated in numerous international meetings in Europe and the USA as a speaker.

He collaborates with international research groups on research projects in psychiatry and forensic psychology.

As an expert for Italian Courts, he has carried out over 1,500 expert assessments in both criminal and civil matters.