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. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. His passion, integrity, engaged scholarship, theoretical insight, and clearly crafted prose inspired generations of students and scholars. She served on the board of the Herstory women writers workshop. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 1972, under the tutelage of Dr. Marvin Wolfgang, a pioneering researcher of homicide studies. Ron served tirelessly as a consultant to national and state agencies and courts about innocence, gangs, youth violence, and public policy, such as the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the F.B.I. He is survived by his loving wife, Kim, talented daughter, Rian, and caring parents, Steve and Jane. in sociology and educational psychology in 1958. Ray earned his BA at the University of Delaware in 1972 and a Ph.D. in criminology at Florida State University in 1978. Her final appearance in the show was on 9 August 2013, when she left to focus on writing her play and doing more stand-ups, but returned to the show on 8 September 2015, and is still hosting it. He was known as a warm and engaging person who enjoyed collaborating with colleagues and supervising students. Steve was one of those colleagues that I could go to when I needed to discuss a possible project, advice on how to handle a situation, or just to vent. He seemed to always have a way of making things seem better. Prior, Joy was married to a college professor Joe Behar from 1965 to 1981. they have a daughter named Eve Behar Scotti born in 1970. He once explained that his passion for teaching came from a desire to honor his students commitment to learning. Our last night, drinking wine by a fire, Mona asked us all to think what we thought our work legacy would be, and we all said it would be the amazing students wed had the honor to teach. Rick has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles, 14 books, and numerous research reports throughout his career. He loved teaching in all kinds of settings, and so also served as visiting faculty in departments across the country and the world. Authorize the publication of the original written obituary with the accompanying photo. Bill was not only a giant of criminology and the sociology of law. He became the President of its Scientific Commission in 1998 and the general President of the Society in 2006 until his untimely death in April of 2012. [4]UIC (2015) Celebrating a Life: Richard H. Ward, Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago. His wisdom, fairness and kindness always steered the department to move in the right direction, to strive for excellence and to do right by each other and our students. *** Opolot was consulted by UNICRI to write papers for the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime, Vienna, Austria. He dedicated his career to the work and the mission of NIJ and OJP. He was instrumental in creating DISC Village, a drug treatment center, and was on its board of directors for 35 years. His work for the Task Force led to an invitation to join the School of Public Administration at The Ohio State University as a tenured Associate Professor (1971) and Professor (1975), and as Director of the Program for the Study of Crime and Delinquency. Writer/Contact: Joy R. Holloway, 706/410-5182, joyh@uga.edu. He continued these activities until retiring as Professor Emeritus in 1977. She was especially drawn to causes which empowered girls and young women. She was beloved by her family and friends, maintaining strong, cherished bonds with friends for decades. Dear brother-in-law to Bruce. Written by Christopher Koper, with thanks to several of Jeffs friends and colleagues who shared kind sentiments and remembrances (William Adams, Jeffrey Butts, Reagan Daly, Steven Edwards, Ted Gest, Charlotte Gill, Calvin Johnson, Cynthia Lum, John MacDonald, Lois Mock, Lisa Newmark, Laurie Robinson, Caterina and John Roman, William Sabol, Mary Shelley, Larry Sherman, Jeremy Travis, Christy Visher, David Weisburd, Charles Wellford, and Daniel Woods). Other significant books include Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press) and Contemporary Corrections: A Critical Thinking Approach (Routledge). He and his family moved to Carbondale in 1966 where he became the Assistant Director of the Center for the Study of Crime, Delinquency and Correction. Robert J. Bursik, Jr., Curators Distinguished Professor (emeritus) of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, passed away on July 19, 2017. Dales passion for correctional research never waned and during his 21 years at CSUSB. (University of Iowa, 1984), M.S. He was not hesitant to offer advice to a series of deans including Vince OLeary, Don Newman, Terry Thornberry, David Bayley, Julie Horney, and David Duffee. Heres to Elmar! Jeff was an economist who devoted his career to the study of crime and justice issues. Harry E Allen was born in Selma, Alabama on February 16, 1938. Kobacker House He was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer eight years ago. Austin Turk had an extraordinary and lasting influence on the development of criminological theory and research. Tribute to Richard H. Ward (September 2, 1939 February 17, 2015)[1]. I am sure all those Charles touched feel the same. In the late 1960s he went to work for Carl Chambers at the New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission and entered graduate school at New York University. Mitch graduated from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York and earned his undergraduate degree in History and PhD in Sociology from the University at Albany, SUNY. Thus began a 44-year career of teaching, research and writing. Sentencing Commission, and a number of other research organizations. As a career public servant for more than 35 years, Dr. Edwin Zedlewski helped form, shape, and nurture our nations criminal justice research agenda. Professor Lundman taught sociology at Ohio State for 40 years, retiring this May. Cindys friends remember her as unfailingly positive and a force to be reckoned with. He is best known as the husband of Joy Behar. Chet was approachable, kind, and always went out of his way to help people see things a little more clearly, understand things a little more deeply, and of course apply the appropriate statistic. EUGENE V. LUTTRELL, passed away on January 1, 2008. He established the criminal justice bachelor of arts at UALR in 1972. From 1973-1975 he served as a Project Director with the Center for Criminal Justice, at Harvard Law School. He has short gray hair and brown eyes, is 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall, and weighs around 150lbs (68kgs). I remember heading to Steves office on numerous occasions to get a signature or ask a quick question, and the next thing youd know two hours had passed and we would be breaking down the underlying philosophical principles expressed in The Big Lebowski, summarizing the best lunch spots in Huntington Beach, or outlining plans for future road trips. As one colleague astutely observed, He was probably the funniest smart person I have ever known and the smartest funny person as well. He was a dear friend, gifted teacher, and valued colleague to so many and will be greatly missed. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/centredaily/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-joseph-bernard&pid=130579429. 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. Criminal justice has lost another of its founding greats. This work challenged the assumptions of prevailing consensus arguments without romanticizing crime or criminality. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. I came across an advertisement for a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard focused on evaluating programs for children. Unlike many of his notable contemporaries, Grexs career was not confined to one or two academic institutions. In his own words, even the worst seminar is better than staying at home. She was predeceased by her parents and her brothers EB Dixon and David Dixon. This, indeed, was a hallmark of Stans work that was without unambiguous conclusions but replete with original, prescient and altogether thoughtful arguments that always push readers to think in new and different ways. He was coauthor, with Richard Rettig and Manuel Torres of Manny: A Criminal Addicts Story (Houghton Mifflin), with Howard Bahr, of Women Alone: The Disaffiliation of Urban Females, with Calvin J. Larson, of Crime, Justice, and Society (Rowman and Littlefield) and with Russell Schutt, of Responding to the Homeless: Policy and Practice (Plenum). with her. He and Edi, his wife and the love of his life, always looked forward to the time they spent target shooting and riding with their motorcycle group of veterans. As well as serving on numerous university committees, Dr. Salinger was a founding member of the Executive Board of the Northeastern Arkansas Childrens Advocacy Center. 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. Dr. Becker a police officer with Los Angeles Police Department for four years and a member of the U. S. Coast Guard for eight years. Ben received his B.S. A later phase of Stans work was his book States of Denial: Knowing about Atrocities and Suffering (2001) which combined his rich expertise in criminology with his concern for human rights that was shaped by his growing up in the turmoil of apartheid South Africa and later witnessing firsthand the plight of the Palestinians while living in Israel. Crim., Professor Emeritus, University of Washington A charter member of UGAs Teaching Academy, Talarico was known for her innovative approach to teaching and mentoring and for her contributions to curriculum development at the universityserving as the driving force in the creation of the interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program in criminal justice. He received the Herbert Bloch Award for service to the ASC in 2005, and served as President of the ASC in 2008. He was the most talented teacher I have ever met, with an inspiring ability to explain concepts and generate enthusiasm for critical thought about real problems affecting the justice system. His research on racial discrimination and the death penalty was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court case Gregg v. Georgia (1976), which set various guidelines in imposing capital punishment. Academic audiences in Asia, Europe, and Africa have marveled at his grasp of detail, his piercing practical insight, and his contrarian disregard of conventional wisdom. Causes of Delinquency is a work like no other in the field of criminology with respect to its impact on thinking about crime and delinquency: It presented and tested a control theory of crime; it illustrated the power of explicit operationalization of criminological theories; it created contrasts among prominent theories in expectations for data; it helped legitimize survey methods of measuring crime and delinquency as well as key theoretical constructs; it brought the family and the school back into a central role in theory and research. John Braithwaite, Australian National University Over the past quarter century since its publication, and especially since 9/11, many of his predictions of ever greater inclusionary and exclusionary controls have been all too fully borne out. 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. Al consented to having his condominium bugged and the FBI gathered important evidence that, with Als testimony and that of others, led to the perpetrators conviction and imprisonment in the federal prison system. Throughout her career she chaired numerous dissertations, provided mentorship and guidance to young scholars, and led efforts to ensure the profession recognized scholarship from marginalized and underrepresented groups. In America Satyanshu was known as Muk, in the rest of the world as Sat. We are sad to announce that on July 3, 2019, Maurice Janowitz (West Bloomfield, Michigan) passed away. Dr. Roslyn (Roz) Muraskin, ACJS Secretary and professor of criminal justice, passed away on Saturday, April 21 after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. He was asked by Judge Sarah Hughes to monitor and consult with the Dallas County, TX jails, which were under Federal Court Jurisdiction. But underneath, he was a kind, caring, compassionate man who always looked forward, seeking progress and comrades to share in that quest. Steve graduated with his Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland in 1997. Jim Opolot was the first African-born and the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois in 1976. 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. Jeff was a careful, meticulous, and creative scholar who took a comprehensive and balanced approach to his work. Regardless of whether someone agreed with him, he was not a scholar to be ignored. Scholarship was central to his identity, but it wasnt his entire identity. He became interested in family violence as a result of planning a meeting of the National Council of Family Relations in Chicago, Illinois, in 1968 in the wake of police brutality there at the Democratic Convention. Jim went on to become a leading authority on both of these topics. Nickys many achievements as a scholar were recognized by American Society of Criminology with her selection as a Fellow in 2000 and as the winner of the Sutherland Award in 2009, but one of her most enduring legacies is her mentoring of students and junior colleagues. Dr. Charles L. Newman, age 92 of Louisville, Kentucky passed away on September 4, 2019. She co-authored several articles with her daughter Marianne Junger, also a Dutch criminologist. The world lost an intelligent, caring, compassionate, non-judgmental, and very unique person when William Pipes Heck (known to many as Bill or Wild Bill) was killed in a motorcycle accident in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 4, 2008. He received the greatest joy in helping people in the field. After seeing the demonstrators march in during the Aspen Institute meeting, I wrote to Jeff asking several questions. Harriss interest in the social-psychological impact of typescripts was seen as well in his analysis of criminal justice decision-making. Even as a graduate student, he would spend significant time to explain concepts to others who didnt grasp as quickly. After attending Colby College and earning a Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, she moved to California, working for several prestigious research organizations. In creating a coffee hour for the women of the School of Public and International Affairs, she informally brought together female graduate students to meet and interact with female faculty members. He was Senior Research Associate for the Criminal Justice Program Evaluation Center at the Mitre Corporation, then returned to Penn as a faculty member to collaborate with his mentor, Marvin Wolfgang, becoming Director of the Graduate Program in Criminology and part of the move from Arts & Sciences to Wharton. Here as in his scholarly endeavors, he went to the tophe qualified for and finished one of the six World Marathon Majorsthe Boston Marathon. She was a highly intelligent, multilingual and very cultured person who also had a hearty laugh and a great sense of fun. Indeed, for the ESC-members and his Nordic colleagues, Kauko was a regular sight at conferences and seminarshis figure pushing through the crowds, always with his black Marimekko bag full of all sorts of strange stuff, joking, laughing and talking practically to everyone. Prepare a personalized obituary for someone you loved.. Echovita offers a solidarity program that gives back the funds generated to families. He authored many of the most cited books and articles in criminology; taught, mentored, and was loved by generations of undergraduate and graduate students (myself among them); and, as an engaged scholar, was repeatedly called on by the media to comment on drug policies and other criminal justice issues. In 2003, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held a conference in his honor on the subject of the Effects of Imprisonment, timed with his 75th birthday. In all, Ron authored a dozen books and over 100 journal articles. She was also chair of the DWC nominations for years. Program which he directed. In his early thirties he matriculated at Harvard and graduated in three years number two in his class (he never forgave the professor who gave him an A-) with a major in psychology. Professor Pepinsky spent his scholarly life describing crime and violence, their roots, their antithesis, and the ways in which people can and do make peace. At OSU, Sy helped to establish a strong and lasting tradition in Criminology. Treasured uncle and great uncle to his niece, nephews and great nieces and nephews. While he was a professor, he wrote 2 books, 11 monographs, and 40 articles. He also helped establish UCI as a center for the study of white-collar and corporate crime, and was a Co-PI, along with Gil Geis and Henry Pontell, on the first major research project looking at health care fraud in government medical programs, specifically, Medicaid fraud. The personal lives of many of us have been forever enriched by his empathy. When he presented them to me he did so in summary form, advising who the question was from, and giving me his opinion on whether it was a worthwhile comment, if I needed to address it at all, or if he would handle it. In 1956 Dr. Amos became a Secret Service agent and was assigned to protect then President Dwight Eisenhower. In 2016, Travis was awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, honoring his lifelong contributions to our field. Part of the broadening of the University in the 1970s was the development of an Urban Studies unit (now the hugely successful School of Urban and Public Affairs) with its own Ph.D. program. In all of this work, there is a common theme of change through participation which he developed in his last great work, summarising a lifetime of work: Organizational Change Through Individual Empowerment. Sarah was always just a cheerful phone call away, helping committee chairs and executive officers to understand and fulfill their duties, and the new members to find their way. He is survived by his beloved wife of eight years, Lana. Studying for comps at a restaurant every Friday afternoon, we would talk theory, policy, theory, methods for hours on end. In a related line of empirical work, she examined the effects of diverting people from prison to intermediate sanctions. While at NIC, Allen Breed was instrumental in the passage of the federal Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act. Foucaults publication of Surveiller et punir during this same period was the proof that Criminology was ready for ideas and research that carried a greater social consciousness and the final pathway that brought Jean-Paul to cross-over into what would turn into a three-decade career. Steve was a mentor, an advocate, and a sage advisor. (1976) and Ph.D. (1982) in Social Ecology, at the time, a novel interdisciplinary academic unit. Juiius Debro, D. With an applied interest as her guide, Joan often was ahead of the times. Michael J. Leibers (1956-2020) friends and colleagues are sad to announce his untimely passing. He was a devoted institutional citizen who did more than anyone to make NYU a leading center of criminal law and criminal justice scholarship. Edwin W. Zedlewski passed away on April 14, 2013. He was life member of the American Society of Criminology. Ben leaves behind his beloved wife Emily (Wright), whom he met and married while they were both doctoral students at the University of Cincinnati. To those who knew him well, Ben was funny, witty, passionate, and warm-hearted. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction. He is greatly missed. Not only was she a two-time winner of the coveted Josiah Meigs Award, Talarico was named the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professor for three years and a Danforth Teaching Fellow for six years. For elected officials, the media and leaders in philanthropy, Allen Breed was the most authoritative and object source on best practices. Committed to bringing about positive change no task was too great for Dick. Memorial donations in memory of Bob can be made to Tenth Life Cat Rescue, P.O. Arnie was also heavily involved in University service and affairs, serving in numerous elected positions including Chair of the Irvine Division of the Academic Senate, and Chair of the UC system-wide Academic Senate in 1993-94. He also had a special interest in the relationship between land use and crime. It is no coincidence that Elmars dissertation was on an alternative form of punishment, restitution. [3] Over 300 were in attendance representing every element of the Criminal Justice System paying their respects to this extraordinary pioneer of our discipline. She was demanding, fierce, and loyal. As a result of growing national interest in this topic, the U.S. Congress passed the Crime Victims with Disabilities Awareness Act, signed by President Clinton in 1998. Indeed, he wanted his life to end as he lived it: responsibly, productively, passionately. Hal had eclectic interests in criminal justice. For more information or to make a gift, please see https://development.csusb.edu/makeagift/. Eds innovative approach, linking social/behavioral science and program evaluation to the emerging technology of DNA analysis and trace evidence helped to usher in what we know recognize as a new era in crime-solving, forensics, and policing. Ray was also a loyal and trustworthy friend. He was elected President of the American Society of Criminology and was also the recipient of the societys Edwin H. Sutherland Award, the ASCs highest honor. Sacramento, CA 95819-6085. He saw handcuffs or tight supervision as a superfluous management tool as well as an obstacle to effective performance., No one in academia worked as hard as he did, writing every single day on his electric typewriter. We cant recognize everything, but here are some examples: Helen was a founder of the journal Feminist Criminology (FC) and when FCs first editor had to suddenly step down, Helen took it on with no backlog of accepted articles and worked tirelessly to keep our journal alive, including to assist many new feminist scholars in getting their manuscripts up to speed for FC. William Earl Amos protected a president as a Secret Service agent and guarded war criminals as a military police officer but his lifelong passion was in education. It was Carol who inspired us to put together a volume of New Directions in Evaluation (published in 2000), focusing it on the fellowship theme she organized around her own version of how to understand why a program works, that she called theory-based evaluation.. Third genre:his work on the ironies of American social policyIf the study of organized crime finds Jim in an optimistic mood, this third genre is much more sardonic in tone. He was a strong supporter of the ACLU and contributed to many charities and to the universities where he studied and taught. He also studied healthcare fraud internationally, and in 2002, was a Fulbright Scholar at Stockholm University in Sweden. Famously, Lou was the author and signatory of Regulation No. Allen Breed went to work for the California Youth Authority (CYA) soon after his return from World War Two. Just last year, he published a book Examining Political Violence: Studies of Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Internal War (2013), with David Lowe and Dilip K. Das. John Irwin, Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University (SFSU), passed away January 3. 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. A unique and lasting tribute for a loved one. I know my life will never be the same, and Im far better off because of it. Submitted by Stacy De Coster, North Carolina State University. Hals last words whispered, Quinney, Quinney about Richard Quinney, his friend he so loved. Stuart (Stu) Palmer (April 29, 1924 August 26, 2008) was born in New York City where he resided until his service in the Army Air Corps during World War II where he was the Wing navigator for a squadron of B-17 bombers that flew in the European theater (1942-1945). He befriended and advised many younger scholars. Weitekamp (December 16, 1954 February 5, 2022) passed on February 5, 2022, at the age of sixty-seven. In the Academy, he served as Program Committee Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, President (Second Vice-President, First Vice-President, President and Immediate Past President), among other roles. Throughout her career, Professor Petersilia was called upon by government officials to lead efforts to reform the criminal justice system. He is also survived by siblings Divina Himaya, Cirilo DelCarmen, Jr., Grace Nishidera, Ben del Carmen, and Gloria Dechawan; and extended family in the Philippines, United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe.