John Farrell, MSW, LCS, is a graduate of Hunter College School of Social Work, where he earned an advanced degree in Social Work. He is currently employed at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey University Behavioral Healthcare's Violence Institute. At the Violence Institute, Mr. Farrell provides training on gangs and gang interventions. Mr. Farrell also provides case management services for the Rutgers University Police Institute's Greater Newark Safer Cities Initiative., Over the past thirty years John Farrell's career before retirement, has included several leadership positions within the Department of Health and Senior Services: Deputy Director for the Division of Addiction Services, Acting Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Addiction Services, Deputy Director for the Division of Narcotics and Drug Abuse Control, Acting Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, and Chief of Special Projects for the Division of Narcotics and Drug Abuse Control. During his career Mr. Farrell has been a field advisor for graduate students in Social Work at Columbia University School of Social Work, provided expert testimony to the House of Representatives Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, personally or collaboratively published articles for the Journal of American Medical Association and the Centers for Disease Control for Morbidity and Mortality Supplement, and received numerous awards for Drug Treatment and Prevention.