Dombrink, John

John D. Dombrink is currently Professor Emeritus of Criminology, Law & Society and Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Dombrink was born on August 19, 1952 and has studied various topics related to gaming and gambling, including commercial gaming, organized crime, and various legal aspects of gaming in the United States. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. He co-authored two books with Daniel Hillyard, Sin No More: From Abortion to Stem Cells, Understanding Crime, Law and Morality in America and Dying Right: The Death With Dignity Movement. He is also a co-author of The Last Resort: Success and Failure in Campaigns for Casinos with William N. Thompson. He has also authored numerous articles on the legal treatment of vice, organized crime, and commercial gambling in the United States. Since 1999, he has directed the Criminology Outreach Program, which provides support to and encourages over 1,500 high school and middle school students in the Orange County area. Dombrink currently resides in California.

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“John D. Dombrink,” University of California, Irvine School of Social Ecology. Accessed February 13, 2020. https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/dombrink/