"Dr. Michael P. Maloney is a recently retired Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Biobehavioral Sciences of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Maloney became Board Certified in Forensic Psychology in 1985 by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), affiliated With the American Psychological Association, and served on the Board of Directors for six years. He was the 85th psychologist in the United States to be forensically certified by ABPP. Dr. Maloney joined Jail Mental Health Services for the Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles County in 1998 and has been involved in training, program development, and teaching. Since the early 1970's, Dr. Maloney has conducted forensic evaluations in many different state and federal jurisdictions and many California counties involving murder, rape, child sexual abuse, child neglect, and a wide variety of other issues. He personally evaluated the seven serial killers discussed in detail in ""Fatal Detachment."""