Media & Press

As leaders in the field, Dr. Pirelli and colleagues have numerous notable citations and interviews in various contexts (TV, video, radio, print).

NOTABLE CITATIONS

2024: NorthJersey.com: “Man charged with stabbing cop at Chiller Theatre expo deemed not guilty by reason of insanity”

2023: APA Judicial Notebook: “Examining Propensity for Violence in Firearm Cases”

2020 U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice – Final Report (p. 50)

2017 USAToday.com: Montgomery man wins back gun from Somerset County

2015 Psychology Today Media Spotlight: Who should own a gun? Who should be trusted to own a gun? Can psychological screening help?

2014 Amicus brief to the State of New York Court of Appeals from the New York City Bar Association (pp. iii and 10)

2012 Amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court from the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (p. 14)

2011 American Psychological Association (APA) Press Release: Analysis Shows Which People Most Likely Found Incompetent to Stand Trial

TV, VIDEO AND RADIO INTERVIEWS

Dr. Pirelli on NJ’s Surge in Gun Purchases during COVID (NJTV/PBS, January 2021)

Dr. Pirelli on New Jersey’s “Red Flag” Gun Law (NJTV/PBS, September 2019)

Dr. Pirelli Weighs in on Wrestler who had to Cut Hair or Forfeit Match (NJTV, December 2018)

Parents Are Hard To Raise with Diane Berardi: Getting Through the Shock of a Devastating Diagnosis with Dr. Lina Aldana (December 2018)

NJTV (PBS) with Leah Mishkin: Gun Ranges work with Mental Health Professionals to get help for Members in Need (December 2018)

Parents Are Hard To Raise with Diane Berardi: Caregiver Burnout with Dr. Lina Aldana (August 2018)

NJTV (PBS) with Leah Mishkin: Psychologists Say Gun Seizure Law May Have Consequences (August 2018)

Parents Are Hard To Raise with Diane Berardi: Legal Competencies in Elder Care (July 2018)

Theater of the Courtroom with Michael Deblis, Esq. Part I: Legal Competencies (May 2016)

Theater of the Courtroom with Michael Deblis, Esq. Part II: Criminal Responsibility (May 2016)

Back Story with Joan Goldstein: Law Enforcement and the Community: Mental Health, Violence, and Interpersonal Relationships (May 2015)

Back Story with Joan Goldstein: Firearms and Violence: Psychological Considerations across Contexts (March 2015)

Law Talk Today: Forensic Psychology with Dr. Gianni Pirelli (February 2015)

PRINT INTERVIEWS

NJ.com Interview: “Here’s Why N.J.’s New Gun Law has Therapists Worried for their Patients” (August 2018)

Winchester Star: Winchester’s Matthew McAveeney will return to court in April for competency ruling (March 2015)