About Dr. Richard Wollert

Dr. Wollert received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in clinical psychology in 1977 and completed his internship at the Oregon Health Sciences University. Before entering private practice full time, he was a tenured faculty member at Portland State University, the University of Saskatchewan, and Lewis & Clark College.

A co-founder of Parents United of Oregon, Dr. Wollert has worked extensively with sex offenders in both the United States and Canada. He has also provided consultive services or expert witness testimony in many sexually violent predator cases.



Research and Educational Activities

As a faculty member, Dr. Wollert received nine major research grants and authored over 35 articles, book chapters, and monographs. Since entering private practice he has published a number of articles and presented several workshops on the prediction of sexual recidivism.



About This Website

The purpose of this website is to contribute to the transfer of knowledge about assessment in sexually violent predator cases and the treatment and evaluation of sex offenders in general. This is done in three ways:

• By disseminating selected manuscripts and presentations by Dr. Wollert and his colleagues, together with appendices and supplemental materials referenced in these documents.
• By letting visitors know about research projects that are underway, their current status, and resources (e.g., in the form of data or findings) that would be welcomed for the purpose of advancing these projects.
• By providing access to resources that those concerned with the focus of this website might find informative.