del Carmen spent his professional life working diligently to fulfill the legislative mandate of the Criminal Justice Center. A native of New York, he earned his doctorate in public administration (Criminal justice) from New York University in 1964. He is survived by his wife, collaborator and partner, Hilary Surratt, and by his three children, Craig, Brooks, and Kristin. Anthony R. Harris died peacefully Dec. 4, 2017, in his home in Chesterfield at the age of 76 years old. He was one of the most important bridges between the social science oriented American criminology and the more criminal law oriented continental European criminology. Marshall Barron Clinard died at St. Vincents Hospital in Santa Fe, NM on May 30, 2010, at age 98. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him but especially by his partner and husband of 22 years, Bruce Ponder. Submitted by Stephen C. Richards, James Austin, Barbara Owen, Jeffrey Ian Ross, The Sentencing Projects Memorial to John Irwin. He was instrumental both in attracting a strong faculty and creating a rigorous academic program, and served again as chair from 2004 to 2010. And I lost a best friend. Satyanshu Kumar Mukherjee (13 September 1935 28 August 2021) died at his home in Australia, just shy of his 86th birthday. Steve Janowitz is a retired American school teacher, who is widely known for his long term relationship with an American comedian Joy Behar. Always asking policy-relevant questions, she was greatly respected for her ability to analyze highly politicized issues in a fair, impartial, and data-driven manner and to cast light on such issues by utilizing rigorous empirical research. He held his students spellbound by his ability to explain complex criminological concepts in ways that all could comprehend and appreciate. With the arrival of AIDS and its disproportionate concentration among drug using populations, his research focus shifted to the epidemiology of HIV infection and transmission, and later to the development and evaluation of effective HIV prevention and treatment programs for both street and criminal justice populations. Stephen M. Rosoff (1945-2010), professor of criminology at the University of Houston Clear Lake, passed away after a sudden heart attack on March 27th at the age of 64. Devoted brother to Roni (Chuck). Before joining the National Institute of Justice, he was a systems analyst at Systems Development Corporation in Santa Monica, California. Committed to bringing about positive change no task was too great for Dick. In retirement, he continued to offer his expertise to those working in the criminal justice system who sought to understand gangs, prevent miscarriages of justice, and otherwise ensure that public policy and practice ensured justice. Because of the constant moves, Dave never finished the twelfth grade, but his test scores were so high that he was admitted to a community college and then the University of Southern Mississippi without a high school diploma, earning a B.S. As a first-generation university student, she mentored others like her as well as international students, particularly Turkish National Police managers. Arnold Binder, inaugural chair of the Department of Criminology, Law & Society at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and founder of the Social Ecology program, died Oct. 2. He advised 40 Ph.D. recipients, and used his expertise to advise the State of Ohio, the nation, and world organizations (e.g., the United Nations) on criminal justice and correctional policies. Rons scholarship has stimulated an extensive amount of academic and policy work on theory and research about gangs. His was a life well lived. Kay was an adventurer who enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and the world. He became well known for asking three questions: Whats good for the public? She frequently studied the organizational climate in the prison work environment, prison gangs, prison and jail misconduct, and community corrections supervision. Had Helen not been stricken with stage 3B breast cancer at the age of 38, at the same time she was denied tenure in an outrageous act of sexism (the case was settled out of court), we are confident she would have published even more cutting-edge feminist contributions to criminology. Published in Legacy from Mar. Kay also worked with the Lifers Initiative at the SCI- Grateford prison (an organization comprised of and run by life-sentenced individuals) advocating for alternatives to life sentences in Pennsylvania. In DC, he researched law-enforcement practices in the racialized urban ghettoes, and the political dimensions of the war on crime, publishing his incisive Power, Politics, and Crimea book Noam Chomsky called a wake-up call and Chesney-Lind praised as a sweeping indictment of our criminal justice policies. Kay received her B.A. Thomas E. Feucht, National Institute of Justice Soon thereafter, Joan became the only graduate student ever elected President of the American Society of Criminology. And after his retirement he continued to work in the Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters, supporting children and families in difficult and insecure situations and preventing domestic violence. Nickys love of historical criminological research was born when her dissertation research on the punishment of defective delinquents, while a doctoral student at SUNY-Albany, brought her to the nearly-undiscovered world of state prison archives. He was born April 10, 1917, in Racine, Wis., to Elmer D. and Lucinda (Hinderholtz) Johnson. He was a good and loyal friend. Besides her considerable influence on the genesis and growth of evaluation practice and scholarship, Carol was also renowned for her work in the area of knowledge utilization, a forerunner to todays focus on evidence-based policy. Several generations of young students, researchers and professors have been given the opportunity through his work to broaden their horizons and develop a truly comparative perspective on crime, criminology and criminal justice. Many of his publications and research projects also involved students who called him an outstanding mentor. His virtues were many; he was reliable, fair, loyal, prudent, trustworthy, ethical, reasonable, kind, and a truly good and decent man, who lived by the Golden Rule. Devoted brother to Roni (Chuck). There are three easy ways to give: Online at go.gwu.edu/billchambliss A reception was held at Antrim 1844 in Taneytown. Dr. del Carmen received his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees at Silliman University. An avid swimmer, gardener, and Phillies fan, John will be remembered for his strong sense of humor, love of rock and roll trivia, all things French, and his deep and long-standing friendships. His deliberations about such matters transformed the way contemporary scholars think about crime and justice and elevated discussions of delinquency to consideration of ideas about human nature and the nature of society. She had a strong international reputation in legal and judicial studies, and represented UGA well over the course of many years. 2006-2020 American Society of Criminology, Criminology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, https://www.jenningscalvey.com/obituaries/david-friedrichs, https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/latessej, https://secure.ua.txstate.edu/site/SPageServer/?pagename=main_donation_form, www.insideoutcenter.org/our-supporters.html, https://account.asc41.com/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3352, https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/unitedboard, http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/RusnEnig.html, http://www.newhaven.edu/news-events/news-releases/2014-2015/863092/, https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/122025NCJRS.pdf, https://www.ncjrs.gov/app/Search/Abstracts.aspx?id=82867, http://www.convictcriminology.org/index.html, prism, The Magazine of Texas A&M International University. In 2001, she completed the Great Wall Half Marathon. She directed NYUs interdisciplinary Institute for Law and Society and its Law and Society graduate program for many years. The journey in between was by any measure epic. Henry Pontell and Gilbert Geis, University of California, Irvine, Steven Egger, University of Houston-Clear Lake. Doting Papa Steve to Maks. He had a breadth of knowledge that often left his colleagues scratching their heads (and I was certainly one of them). He would put off taking care of himself and turn down offers of assistance so that he did not burden others and so those around him would not be inconvenienced or miss out on something. Unfortunately, in a case of extremely bad judgement, Dave helped facilitate the drug delivery. Mitch was high energy, loved basketball, and was an avid runner, finishing the Flying Pig Marathon and several half marathons. He is survived by his wife Sheila, and their two sons, John and Charles. He was passionate about his work as a professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and truly enjoyed the students there. Gathering data from the archives of medieval England, the streets of Seattle, the villages of Nigeria, the poppy fields of Thailand, the sleek cityscapes of Scandinavia, and the ghettos in the heart of our nations capital, Bill routinely performed that most difficult task in sociologyengaging his sociological imaginationlinking biography and history, the private lives of those he studied to the public issues they embodied. Memorial contributions may be made in Daves name to: Vietnam Veterans Against the War, www.vvaw.org or Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc., National Office, P.O. Joy is an only child, born into a Roman Catholic family of Italian descent, and raised by her mother who was a seamstress, and her father Gino who drove a truck for Coca-Cola. As a criminologist, Kauko could be characterised as one of the last Genuine Generalists. The following contributions highlight what Steve meant to us as a friend, colleague, and mentor. A memorial service at the University of Delaware is being planned for February, 2010. Our dear friend and colleague, C. Ron Huff, passed away on March 31, 2019 after bravely battling pancreatic cancer. Nicky Rafter, a long-time professor of Criminal Justice and senior research fellow at Northeastern University and an internationally-revered scholar in the fields of social history and criminology, passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly, on February 29, 2016 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston. The dialectical theory of law he developed there, and later his theory of state-organized crime, put contradictions in the political economy at the center of analysis, and showed how lawand sometimes crimes by the state itselfare a response to those contradictions. Donations in Sarahs name can be made to: The Award will support outstanding students in the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He published many articles on Africa and the United States in refereed journals as well as more than 28 book- chapters in different books. Excelsior! Dr. Margaret E. Beare (1946-2019) Professor of Sociology and Law, York University and Osgoode Hall Law School. Mike was the recipient of several scholarly awards of which he was proud, including those from the Division of Minorities and Women (Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences), a lifetime achievement award from the Division on People of Color and Crime (American Society of Criminology), the W. E. B. In two trips to Africa, she organized many opportunities to meet with scholars in our field, and to encourage membership in ISC and attendance at the World Congresses in Rio and Philadelphia. from the University of California at Berkeley, 1974. He could move effectively and communicate clearly with academic, professional, and government audiences. When this worked is combined with his role with the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, it is reasonable to think that he personally trained 2,000 correctional managers and administrators in the ears before joining the faculty at SUNY-Albany. It was there that he published his second book, Causes of Delinquency, (1969). She began appearing in The View talk show in 1997, and was soon made a permanent host. He then moved to the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany (first in 1974-75 as a visiting professor; then 1977-81 as professor) where he enjoyed a close collaboration with Michael Hindelang and working with graduate students. Like many others, I want to leave this place an even better place for generations of students to come.. Al completed his thesis, Juvenile Delinquency and the Social Structure, and received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1951 while continuing to teach at Indiana University. He served as ASC President in 1976, and received the Sutherland Award in 1985. In that respect, he was the best faculty mentor I could ever ask for. James Opolot has been a member of both the American Society of Criminology (ASC) and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) since 1978. In the decades that followed, Jim created and ran the Centers monthly Colloquium series and weekly Criminal Law Seminars, both of which brought together policymakers, judges, prosecutors, and practitioners with academics to create a unique criminal law community, centered in NYC but stretching across the globe. When he completed his PhD in 1973 from NYU, Jim had already relocated to the University of Miami continuing to work with Chambers in the Division of Addiction Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Miami. Indeed, he wanted his life to end as he lived it: responsibly, productively, passionately. A nationally ranked Masters swimmer in 2005, she was voted Irvine Novaquatics Swim Clubs Competitor of the Year. He taught key courses in the sociology and criminal justice curricula, including Criminology, Corrections and an internship in Alcohol and Drugs. Professor Bedaus curriculum vitae was more than 13,000. She is survived by her husband Robert Hahn, her son Alex Hahn, her daughter Sara Hahn, and her daughter in-law Sunali Goonesekera. Contributed by Kathryn Farr (Professor Emerita, Portland State University) and Annette Jolin (Professor Emerita, Portland State University). The resulting book, Control Balance: Toward a General Theory of Deviance (1995), won the American Society of Criminologys (ASC) Michael J. Hindelang Award and the American Sociological Associations (ASA) Albert J. Reiss Distinguished Scholarship Award. thesis as he drew everyone in around him to help with the research. His 1971 dissertation, Drinking Behavior of Homeless Women, anticipated his lifelong interest in disaffiliated populations. Libby also contributed greatly to the profession. He was pre deceased by his son, Jeffrey, parents Frank and Geneva Scarpitti, brother Louis, and sister, Alice Lazor. Visions of Social Control demonstrated the value of studying social control and the role of ideology from a past, present and future perspective while refraining from reliance upon traditional ideological battles. in Criminal Justice from Boise State University in 2002 and received his Ph.D. in 2008 from the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati. For his many friends, students and colleagues, Traviss humor and intelligence combined to enhance every personal interaction. In his 2004 presidential address to the ASC, Francis Cullen recognized Ted as one of the 12 people who saved correctional rehabilitation. Ted was later recognized by the ASC Academy of Experimental Criminology which awarded him the 2011 Joan McCord Award. Second, Professor Weitekamps contributions to the restorative justice literature are both broad and deep, including multiple presentations at the Word Symposium of Victimology, the World Congress of Criminology, and similar multinational conferences, as well as journal articles and book chapters. He was quite the trendsetter, as he was undertaking this activity far before the Florida man trend/meme made its way into the mainstream. He was then invited to teach at the University of North Dakota, where he introduced a criminology course. Jeff was renowned for his writings and teachings on ways in which study of the brain could substantially enlighten our field; criminology had neglected its biological roots for many decades prior to his advocacy. He was a tenacious researcher who widely used the Human Relations Area File in his cross-cultural analysis of homicide and suicide. apetros@wested.org. Copenhagen, Denmark: DJOF. Straus spent most of his career, from 1968 until his death, at UNH, much of it as director of the Family Research Laboratory, after previous positions at Washington State University, University of Wisconsin, Cornell and the University of Minnesota. On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students I extend our most heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the del Carmen family.. Dr. del Carmen was preceded in death in 2011 by his wife of 45 years, Josefa Josie. He is survived by his second wife, Erlyn; daughter Jocelyn (Chris) Tanabe, and grandchildren Josie and Linus of Palo Alto, CA. Contributions in his memory may be made to the Family Research Lab Projects Fund, with checks made out to UNH Foundation and referencing Murray Straus, and mailed to: Family Research Lab Projects Fund Copyright 2023 Echovita Inc. All rights reserved. Steve Janowitz was born in the United States of America, and he is a retired school teacher. Donations can be made online: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/unitedboard; or checks, payable to United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (please indicate in memo line that this gift is in memory of Dr. Rolando del Carmen) can be mailed to either of two offices: The United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1221, New York, NY 10115; or, United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, 1/F, Chung Chi College Administration Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Memorials may be sent to the University of Nebraska Foundation to benefit the Dr. Benjamin Steiner Fellowship for Criminal Justice Professionals 1010 Lincoln Mall, Suite 300, Lincoln, NE 68508, STEPHEN TIBBETTSFeb 22, 2017.Photo by Jasmin Limon/CSUSB. His coauthored book, Poisoning for Profit, was widely cited by legal and legislative officials as the impetus for legal action designed to curb unlawful waste dumping. He enjoyed spending time with good friends and recounting stories about his graduate training at SUNY. in Psychology (1964) and a M.S. His great optimism and sense of humor were unfailing. After retiring, Al and Nati moved for the sake of her health first to Arizona and then to San Diego. A memoriam page has been setup at the following location: https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/latessej. This at times was seen as controversial by traditional criminologists and politicians, but at the same time places him as an important philosophical and societal light-tower in the often impermeable fog of loosely founded assumptions and allegations in policy-making. We also exchanged holiday wishes this year, and in Carols style not to focus on her own problems, there was never even a hint in her communications that her health was not well. In his doctoral program, the late Distinguished Professor Elmer H. Johnson was his mentor. Close friend of Marvin E. Wolfgang, Schneider never neglected his scientific connections to the USA. In 2001, he was Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Louisville. Paul grew up in Pico Rivera and attended El Rancho High School, where he was later inducted into the Hall of Fame. In 2012, the Society for the Study of Social Problems recognized Bills profound influence by creating the William J. Chambliss Lifetime Achievement Award. His commitment to his students and the university could only be matched by his strong sense of social justice and moral responsibility toward all of humanity. Never one to let her intellectual curiosity stagnate, in 2010, she was awarded a Fulbright to study and teach in Linz, Austria, childhood home of Adolf Hitler and the cultural center of the Third Reich. Weitekamp (December 16, 1954 February 5, 2022) passed on February 5, 2022, at the age of sixty-seven. He was also ever-present: these 17 books didnt write themselves and it was clear that he relied enormously on his remarkable wife Jan Sweeney, whom he adored, and who enabled his academic work, as well as their family and cultural lives, while holding down an academic job of her own. He also intensified his work with the VVAW. He graduated from Fordham University and had an early and varied career as a jazz drummer and parole officer for the City of New York. ring his career. Professor Nils Christie, University of Oslo and Dr. H.c. University of Copenhagen, the Nestor of Scandinavian criminology, died as the result of a tram-bicycle accident in Oslo on May 27, 2015 at the age of 87 years. Mannheim in the famous exchange of conclusions ending the second edition of Pioneers in Criminology. He strongly endorsed and provided much of the scientific evidence to back efforts to ban corporal punishment, a ban which has been adopted by more than four dozen countries. His interest in criminology related to his search for the causes and reasons for Chinas rising crime rate. Contributions in her honor may be made to the Kay Harris Inside-Out Education Fund HERE, or at: www.insideoutcenter.org/our-supporters.html. Almost immediately I knew there was something special about him. Division of Criminal Justice Chets books include Control Theories of Crime and Delinquency: Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 12, edited by Chester L. Britt and Michael Gottfredson (2003) and Statistics in Criminal Justice, 4th ed. His distinguishing characteristic was that he was a natural leader who inspired confidence in the people around him. Nils Christies ideas had great influence upon the criminal policy discourse not only in Norway and Scandinavia, but in many other parts of the world which have benefited from translations of a number of his most important books as well as a large number of articles and lectures. During her 19-year career on ASUs faculty, Marie was well-known for her dedication to working closely with students to maximize their academic growth and development. Charles spent his career illuminating the theoretical intricacies and empirical properties of social control.
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