Criminologist to Deliver UA Dinoff Lecture in Psychology

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Adrian Raine, Richard Perry Professor of Criminology, Psychiatry and Psychology and chair of the department of criminology at the University of Pennsylvania, will be the guest speaker for the Annual Michael Dinoff Memorial Lecture on The University of Alabama campus Friday, April 15.

The topic will be “Neurocriminology:  Neuroethical and Neurolegal Implications.” The public lecture will be at 6 p.m. in Gordon Palmer Hall, room 208.

Raine received his doctorate in psychology from York University in England in 1982. After spending four years in two top-security prisons in England, he was appointed as lecturer in behavioral sciences in the department of psychiatry, Nottingham University. He emigrated to the United Stated in 1987 to take a position as an assistant professor in psychology at the University of Southern California and received full professorship in 1994.

In 1999 he was the recipient of an endowed chair, the Robert G. Wright Professorship of Psychology, at USC. He has published five books, 271 journal articles and book chapters and has been the principal investigator on 17 extramural research grants. His research focuses on the biosocial bases of antisocial and violent behavior in both children and adults and prevention implications.

The Dinoff Memorial Lecture is given in memory of Dr. Michael Dinoff who was a professor and director of the University’s Psychological Clinic from 1963 until his death in 1982.

The department of psychology is part of UA’s College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All American Team.