Richard T. Wright

Richard Wright
Born (1951-10-15) October 15, 1951
EducationUniversity of California Irvine
Cambridge University
OccupationCriminologist
Notable workArmed Robbers in Action.
Academic background
Doctoral advisorDonald J. West
Other advisorsGilbert Geis

Richard T. Wright (born October 15, 1951, in Los Angeles) is an American criminologist. He is Board of Regent's Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University (GSU) in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. He served as Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at GSU from 2014–2018, and was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology in 2009.