Helene Raskin White

Helene Raskin White, born on 11 July 1949, is an American sociologist and Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University. She completed her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and PhD degrees in sociology at Rutgers University and then stayed on as a faculty member in its Department of Sociology. Her areas of specialization include alcohol and drug studies, delinquency and crime, violence, longitudinal and survey methodology, and prevention and evaluation research, and she has been involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of numerous alcohol and drug prevention programs. She was co-recipient of the New Jersey Women of Achievement Award in 2005, was appointed deputy director of the Rutgers Center for Behavioral Health Services and Criminal Justice Research, and was elected to the American Society of Criminology in 2016.