Patrick Lussier is a Professor (full) at the School of Social Work and Criminology at Université Laval and a researcher at the Centre International de Criminologie Comparée. His research focuses on the explanation and prevention of sexual offending and has been published in scholarly journals such as Criminology, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Criminology & Public Policy, Journal of Criminal Justice, and Psychology, Public Policy and Law. He earned is PhD in criminology from the Université de Montréal. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He recently co-authored, with Dr. Evan McCuish and Dr. Jesse Cale, the book entitled Understanding sexual offending: An evidence-based response to myths and misconceptions