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James A. Inciardi
JAMES A. INCIARDI (Ph.D. in Sociology, New York University, 1973) is the Co-Director of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies (Miami office) and a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Prior to the establishment of the Center, from 1976 through mid-1991, he was Director of the University’s Division of Criminal Justice. Dr. Inciardi has an appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Miami School of Medicine; he is a Guest Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil; and he is a former member of the Internal Advisory Committee, Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy. Before coming to Delaware, he was Director of the National Center for the Study of Acute Drug Reactions at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Vice-President of the Washington, DC-based Resource Planning Corporation, and Associate Director of Research for the New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission. With almost 40 years experience in the drug field, he has done extensive consulting work both nationally and internationally and has published 500 articles, chapters, books, and monographs in the areas of substance abuse, criminology, criminal justice, history, folklore, public policy, AIDS, medicine, and law.
