Helen Smith is a forensic psychologist

Forensic psychology

Forensic psychology is the intersection between psychology and the criminal justice system. It involves understanding criminal law in the relevant jurisdictions in order to be able to interact appropriately with judges, attorneys and other legal professionals...

 in Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

, Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 who specializes in violent children and adults. She holds a PhD from the University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

 and masters degrees from The New School for Social Research and the City University of New York

City University of New York

The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...

. She has written The Scarred Heart: Understanding and Identifying Kids Who Kill (Callisto Publishing, 2000; ISBN 0615112234) and was writer and executive producer of Six, a documentary about the murder of a family in Tennessee

Lillelid murders

The Lillelid murders refers to a criminal case in Greeneville, Tennessee, United States in 1997. A Norwegian-Honduran-American family of Jehovah's Witnesses were carjacked and then shot; three of the four were killed...

 by teens from Kentucky. The film highlights the inadequacies of the school, mental health and criminal justice systems in preventive treatment of troubled teens.

Dr. Smith hosts a regular program on the website Pajamas Television where she discusses social issues and psychology, with a particular emphasis on the problems and experiences of men. She has written widely on issues relating to violence, mental health, and the criminal justice system. Among her articles is "Violence on Campus: Practical Recommendations for Legal Educators," published in the Oklahoma City Law Review. After the Jonesboro, Arkansas school shootings, she testified to the Arkansas State Legislature regarding responses to school violence.

Since September 2005, she has been writing on her own blog

Blog

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, Dr. Helen.

Personal life

Dr. Smith is married to Glenn Reynolds

Glenn Reynolds

Glenn Harlan Reynolds is Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, and is best known for his weblog, Instapundit, one of the most widely read American political weblogs...

, a law professor and commentator. In addition to her own blog, Dr. Helen, she and her husband occasionally produce a podcast

Podcast

A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...

, Glenn and Helen Show.

Dr. Smith received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is a small battery-powered electrical impulse generator which is implanted in patients who are at risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. The device is programmed to detect cardiac arrhythmia and correct it...

after suffering a heart attack at age 37. She has frequently worked to increase awareness of heart problems among women.

External links

• Dr. Helen blog
• Profile page at another website of hers