RobertJohnZagar

Psychologist • Chicago, IL

Clinical Psychology

Professor, Chicago School of Professional Psychology

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Summary

Robert Zagar does machine-learning, internet-testing (97% sensitive-specific) for brain damage, deception, malingering, mental illness, substance abuse & violence potential. This is better than current ways such as background-credit checks (25%), interviews-judgment (46%), medical exams (49%), paper-&-pencil tests (75%) which combined are 39% sensitive-specific. Robert:
•    testified before U.S. House of Representative Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism & Homeland Security;
•    influenced the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Florida & Graham v. Alabama to re-examine 2,500 life-sentenced without parole juveniles by showing lowered decision making in these youth;
•    persuaded President Obama to commute or pardon 6,800 federal nonviolent prisoners;
•    convinced Chicago Cook County President Preckwinkle to divert 56% nonviolent offenders from jail;
•    motivated Chicago Mayors Daley & Emanuel to give 147,253 high risk youth jobs, mentors & anger management saving 640 lives & hundreds of millions in expense;
•    induced Mayor Daley to share research on violence with the University of Chicago that founded Crime Laboratory in August 2008; &
•    effected Pope Francis to form a committee to deal with clergy misconduct globally (2/19) & influenced him to change canonical law,1st 65 yr.
Robert is:
•    a forensic neuro-psychologist, using the best evidence-based, peer-reviewed computerized tests to objectively, reliably, sensitively, specifically, validly give successful outcomes;
•    developed Ask Standard Predictor of Violence Potential to measure the probability of future aggression based on demographic descriptors with AUC=.91 for youth, AUC=..99 for adults (www.testrac.com); along with the MMPI-2/A (7 point violence profile), these measures offer the best assessment for competence, criminal matters, custody, hyperactivity, learning disability, malpractice, personal injury, parole-probation-decision making, workers compensation.

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Professional Memberships

American Public Health Association
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American Psychological Association
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National Register of Health Care Providers in Psychology
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National Association of School Psychologists
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

7 citations
Violence Risk Appraisal of Male and Female Youth, Adults, and Individuals:
Robert John Zagar, William M. Grove
Psychological Reports. 2010-12-01
2 citations
Identification, treatment, and prevention of homicide: fallacies in research, treatment, and policy--a postscript on youth violence.
Robert John Zagar
Psychological Reports. 2009-02-01
23 citations
Looking forward in records of young adults convicted of sexual homicide, rape, or molestation as youth: risks for reoffending.
Kenneth G. Busch, Robert John Zagar, William M. Grove, John R. Hughes, Jack Arbit
Psychological Reports. 2009-02-01

Journal Articles

16-Questions to Find Mass-Murderers, Spree-Shooters, Domestic-Terrorists, and a Study-1 of 232-School-Shooters with Controls and a Study-2 of 6-Teen-Shooters With 11-H...
James Garbarino, Robert John Zagar, Brad Randmark, Ishup Singh, Joseph Kovach, Emma Cenzon, Michael Benko, Steve Tippins, Kenneth G. Busch, Rohit Baghel, Review of European Studies, 5/17/2022
16-Questions to Find Domestic-Terrorists, Mass-Murderers, Spree-Shooters, With a Study-1: 370-Workplace-Shooters vs. 370-Controls, and a Study-2: 9-Adult-Shooters With...
Robert John Zagar, James Garbarino, Brad Randmark, Joseph Kovach, Emma Cenzon, Michael Benko, Steve Tippins, Kenneth G. Busch, Rohit Baghel, Review of European Studies, 5/17/2022
A Review of the Costs of Assault, Homicide, Mass Murder and Pedophilia with Implications for the Insurance Industry and the U.S. Roman Catholic Church: A Rationale for...
Zagar, Robert John, Garbarino, James, Randmark, Brad, Singh, Ishup, Kovach, Joseph, Censon, Emma, Benko, Michael, Tippins, Steven, and Busch, Kenneth G., Review of European Studies, 3/1/2022
Study 1: 630 Domestic-Terrorist, Mass-Murdering, Spree-Shooters Differ from 623 Controls and Study 2: 15 Domestic-Terrorist, Mass-Murdering, Spree-Shooters Differ From...
Zagar, Robert John, Garbarino, James, Randmark, Brad, Singh, Ishup, Kovach, Joseph, Censon, Emma, Benko, Michael, Tippins, Steven, and Busch, Kenneth G..G., Review of European Studies, 3/1/2022
Implications of Machine-Learning, Internet-Tests to Save Lives and Money: "7-Point Violence Profile:" Review of 212 Studies, 320,051 Persons, Over 95 Years, With a Cro...
Zagar, R.J., Varela, S.A., Busch, K.G., Garbarino, J., Zagar, A.K., Kovach, J.W., Tippins, S., Hughes, J.R., & Singh, I., Review of European Studies, 2/1/2019
Finding high risk persons with internet-based tests to manage risk: A literature review with policy implications to avoid tragedies, save lives and money.
Zagar, R. J., Zagar, A. K., Busch, K. G., Garbarino, J., Ferrari, T., Hughes, J. R., Patzer, G., Kovach, J. W., Grove, W. M., Tippins, S., Imgrund, S., Dempsey, J. Q.,..., Review of European Studies, 2/1/2016
Finding workers, offenders or students most at-risk for violence: actuarial tests save lives and resources.
Zagar, R. J., Kovach, J., Basile, B., Grove, W. M., Hughes, J. R., Busch, K. G., Zablocki, M., Osnowitz, W., Neuhengen, J., Liu, Y., & Zagar, A. K., Review of European Studies, 2/1/2013
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