Lester Pincu is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Criminology at California State University, Fresno. He has worked in corrections, counseling and group psychotherapy, alcoholism, drug addiction, and treatment programs. He is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor, a Certified Group Psychotherapist, and holds an appointment by the California State Legislature as a member of the California Council on Criminal Justice. He worked as a deputy probation officer for Contra Costa County investigating and supervising juvenile offenders from 1965 to 1970. He was a full-time faculty member at Fresno State from 1970 to 2001.
