{{Short description|British psychiatrist}} '''Jeremy Coid''' is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Queen Mary University of London and East London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He is Director of the [http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/centres/cfp/violence-prevention Violence Prevention Research Unit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184802/http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/centres/cfp/violence-prevention |date=2014-03-24 }} (VPRU) in the [http://www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk/ Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine] and a participant in the WHO [https://web.archive.org/web/20041025025235/http://www.who.int/violenceprevention/en/ Violence Prevention Alliance]. He has interviewed and provided analysis on the child serial killer Ian Brady.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/17/ian-brady-true-psychopath-hinted-may-have-killed/ Ian Brady was a true psychopath who hinted to me that he may have killed more]. ''The Telegraph''. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2025.</ref>
==Biography== Coid has made two extended appearances on the TV discussion programme ''After Dark''. In the first, chaired by Matthew Parris in 1991, he joined among others Michael Winner and the father of The Yorkshire Ripper. The second, in 2003, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, aroused a measure of controversy.
VPRU research focuses on the epidemiology of violence in the general population, prediction of violence and risk assessment for offenders. The VPRU have made a major breakthrough in identifying the causal link between delusions and violence.<ref>Jeremy W. Coid, MD; Simone Ullrich, PhD; Constantinos Kallis, PhD; Robert Keers, PhD; Dave Barker, MRCPsych; Fiona Cowden, MRCPsych; Rebekah Stamps, MRCPsych. [http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1660586 The Relationship Between Delusions and Violence: Findings From the East London First Episode Psychosis Study]. JAMA Psychiatry 2013 May;70(5):465-71. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.12 {{PMID|23467760}}.</ref> A survey of Young Men's Health led to the identification of the previously undescribed heavy burden on NHS Mental Health Services posed by gang members in the UK.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23275139 "Gang violence cause of high levels of mental disorders"] BBC News</ref> No stranger to controversy, Professor Coid has recently described the difficulties of using standardised tools to predict violence amongst psychopaths because he exhibits all the traits of one himself<ref>Jeremy W. Coid, Simone Ullrich and Constantinos Kallis. [https://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/203/5/387.long Predicting future violence among individuals with psychopathy]. Br J Psych 2013;203(5):387-8. {{doi|10.1192/bjp.bp.112.118471}}</ref> with statistical findings proving that they are no more reliable than chance and has reopened debate on this subject<ref>Alec Buchanan. [https://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/204/3/240.1.full?sid=8b63b481-ae4f-4665-a4ed-1b39c6dbe24a Predicting violent offences by released prisoners]. Br J Psych 2014;204:240. {{doi|10.1192/bjp.204.3.240}}</ref><ref>Jeremy Coid, Simone Ullrich and Constantinos Kallis. [https://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/204/3/240.2.full?sid=8b63b481-ae4f-4665-a4ed-1b39c6dbe24a Authors' Response]. Br J Psych. 2014;204;240-1. {{doi|10.1192/bjp.204.3.240a}}</ref> and received a lot of media attention.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-psychopaths-violence-idUSBRE99012Q20131001 "Predicting violence in psychopaths is 'no more than chance'"] By [http://blogs.reuters.com/kate-kelland/ Kate Kelland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324042103/http://blogs.reuters.com/kate-kelland/ |date=2014-03-24 }}, Reuters.</ref>
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