Personal History
Prof. FRANCESCO BRUNO
Associate professor of criminology and forensic psychopathology
University of Rome "La Sapienza"
49 years, Italian
May 1997
ADDRESS
Via Prati Fiscali n. 184, 00141, Rome, Italy.Tel. (home) 06/88640176
(University of Rome, Chair of Criminology) 06/491467
(Private office)  06/88327350 fax 06 88327493
EDUCATION
University of Rome, medical school, MD (110/110 cum laude) on
July 1973. University of Rome, postgraduate training school of Neurology and
Psychiatry. Diploma (70/70 cum laude) granted on February 1976.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
* December 1975 to  December 1976, second lieutenant in Sanitary Service of
Carabinieri force
* December 1976 to April 1979, neurologist in "S. Giovanni Battista" hospital of
ACISMOM. In this period he carried out several researches on the evaluation
* of the pharmacological effects of nootropic and psychotropic substances under
supervision of prof. Giuliano Dolce and Cornelio Fazio.
* January 1979 to October 1980, he directed a research program on the
utilization of narcotic agonist-antagonist drugs in the treatment of the
Heroin-addicts.The research has been funded by the Italian Ministry of Health.
* October 1979 to July 1987, officer and consultant in matter of drugs, terrorism,
and organized criminality for the Italian government, (Presidency of Council).
* From February 1980 to present, consultant for several international
organizations bodies and agencies, (former United Nations Social Defense
Research Institute, now United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research
Institute, United Nations Division of Narcotic Drugs, Council of Europe, European
Community, World Health Organization, International Labour Organization). As
UNICRI Consultant attended to the annual session of Commission on Narcotic
Drugs at United Nations Office in Vienna.
* Research director and coordinator in several international comparative studies
on different aspects of drug abuse and  trafficking for International Organizations.
* January 1985 to January 1987, member of National Commission on evaluation
of new methods in treatment of drug users.
* From January 1987 to present, associate professor of Criminological Medicine
and Forensic Psychiatry at University of Rome "La Sapienza" faculty of medicine,
department of psychiatric sciences and psychological medicine.
* From May 1987 to present, consultant on problems of social pathology for the
Department of Public Security, Italian Ministry of Interior.
* July 1988, he formed the International Association for applied Human Sciences
of which is president.
* From January 1987 to present, professor of criminology in several
postgraduate training schools at University of Rome: faculty of medicine, faculty of
law, and in the institute of high studies of the Italian Police.
* From 1990 to present, member of National Commission of consultants of
Italian government on the implementation of the narcotic laws.
* From 1994 to 1995, member of the Commission on High Risks of the Ministry
of the Interior.
* 1994 as expert on the organized crime attended to preparatory activities of the
Ministry of Justice for theU.N. World Conference against Organized Crime in
Naples on November 1994
* From 1995 to present, member of the National Commission of consultants of
Italian government on the reorganization of the penitentiary department within the
Ministry of Justice.
* From 1995 to present, consultant of the General Direction of Civil Services of
Ministry of Interior.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
Member of 13 national and international scientific and professional societies, up
to day, directed and coordinated 50 research programs in different criminological,
psychological and psychiatric fields; other 9 scientific reaserches are in progress.
He presented original scientific papers in 80 national and international scientific
congresses and meetings; chairman in 2 international scientific meetings; rapporteur
in 2 others one. He organized 7 International and national congresses.
He published 35 monographic issues, a treatise of criminology and forensic
psychiatry in 17 books and more than 200 articles, scientific and divulgative papers.
The most relevant publications of his scientific production are in English.
The scientific activities, from 1975 up today, carried out in a multidisciplinary
and international perspective,  focused the following areas:
· Drug abuse (pharmachological, psychological, sociocriminological and
juridical aspects)
· Alcohol abuse
· Sexuality and abnormal sexual behaviours
· Terrorism
· Organized national and transnational crime, Mafia, Narcoterrorism
· Clinical psychopharmacology
· General criminology
· Labour and social psychology
· Political psychology and crisis management
· General and special prevention
· Forensic psychology and psychiatry
· Research Methodology and Psychometric techniques
· Law Enforcement sciences.
· Penitentiary studies
· Mentally ill offenders
· Monstrous Homicides
· Protected Witness
Prof. Bruno is charged to give his expert opinion in the most important criminal
cases of the Italian Judiziary scene, In this role and as "opinion leader" in the field of
violent crime he is often interviewed by  the most important national and international
TV and press media.
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
From 1982, F. Bruno held his course of criminology and forensic psychology in
4 different postgraduate medical schools of University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
From 1987 held his course of forensic psychopathology in the faculty of
medicine of the same University.
From 1994 organized and directed 3 postgraduate universitary annual courses
on the psychological and behavioural support to the criminal investigation, on the
psychiatric expertise,  on the cross-examination in penal trial.
Prof. Bruno  is charged to teach criminological, psychological and psychiatric
matters in the Police High Institute and in many other governmental ad not
governmental institutions.