US criminologist and author Professor Marcus Felson will be the guest speaker at this year’s Ray Whitrod Memorial Lecture, to be presented by the Flinders Centre for Crime Policy and Research on June 30.

His lecture is entitled A Politician’s Guide to Reducing Crime: then proving you did it!

Marcus Felson has been a leader not only in crime theory (“the routine activity approach”) but also in applying that theory to reducing crime. His central argument is that everyday legal activities set the stage for the illegal activities that feed on them.

Before Texas State University, he was professor at the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice and the University of Illinois and has been Visiting Scholar at the University of Stockholm.

The lecture will be at 5pm on Tuesday, June 30 at Flinders University Victoria Square.

Registrations can be made online, or by phone to Olivia Thomas on 8201 2237 or email olivia.thomas@flinders.edu.au by May 27.