Anyone who met Al soon realized he had a tremendous love of life, enormous compassion and an incredible wit and sense of humor. But the work was not all that mattered. Kathy and Robbie have been so blessed to have this loving, caring soul in their life. Jo was an accomplished and highly regarded scholar and a deeply committed teacher and mentor. Read below to read others thoughts on C. Ray Jeffery: DENNI FISHBEIN (RTI International): Dr. C. Ray Jeffery was not only instrumental in my career but to my humanity. His cigar smokeuntil, to the relief of many, it was banned under University policyhis fortissimo and staccato laugh, the pounding of his typewriter, and occasionally his wandering pet dog were among the reminders that Toch was in his office. National Academy, and the American Bar Association committee on wrongful convictions. Flanked by his long-time colleagues, Francis Cullen and Lawrence Travis, Ed helped build a program that filled an important gap and has grown into a powerhouse. His early work focused on deterrence and the mechanisms through which sanctions affect behavior. Soon after, I got my first real taste for research and was quickly enamored. On behalf of the Rural Criminology community, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, See https://www.jenningscalvey.com/obituaries/david-friedrichs. In this work, Stan proposed the term and concept moral panic to connote how overreactions to minor and/or extreme forms of deviance can make matters far worse. 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. At the time of her death, Jo was completing a comparative justice project that examined the role of state building in efforts by elites to select transitional justice tools capable of attaining the often-contradictory goals of justice and state building. She was unflappable and civil no matter what reviewers or other evaluation theorists said. In addition to his books, Chet also served as Editor of Justice Quarterly from 2004-2007. As an immigrant who escaped the horrors of the Holocaust, first to Cuba and then to the United States, Toch was a fiercely patriotic American, inordinately proud of his military service in the Navy defending San Diego during the Korean War. Long before the recent resurgence of criminological interest in genetics and crime, Nicky was one of few criminologists to examine the origins of the eugenics and crime movement and her decades-long interest in this area never waned. It was at Penn that Elmar developed a life-long professional interest in cross-national and longitudinal studies, thanks to the mentorship of Marvin Wolfgang and Thorsten Sellin. She is survived by her husband Robert Hahn, her son Alex Hahn, her daughter Sara Hahn, and her daughter in-law Sunali Goonesekera. Arnie later led the successful faculty effort to appoint Petersilia as a tenured professor upon her graduation. Michael had eclectic interests that benefited from his early classical liberal arts education. (Washington State University 1986), and Ph.D. (University of Arizona, 1990) in Sociology. Books in this group include: Can Gun Control Work? Doting Papa Steve to Maks. He was an influential and pioneering organized crime scholar who authored or co-authored books such as: East Side-West Side, Poisoning for Profit; The Business of Crime, Masters of Paradise, All Is Clouded by Desire, and Space, Time & Organized Crime. The Award will support outstanding students in the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Advertisement. His classic text, Society, Crime and Criminal Careers, now in its 8th edition, was first published in 1968 and is used in classrooms throughout the world. 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. Blue). He was known as a warm and engaging person who enjoyed collaborating with colleagues and supervising students. With her excellent research background, Libby brought increased recognition to her department through her teaching and mentoring skills, her active research and evaluation program, and her many publications and proposals. The family requests no flowers. Indeed, he stayed in The Vidar collective, one of these Institutions for extraordinary people, for extended periods of time. His body of work has been cited more than 7,000 times. Robbin was devoted to her family and actively involved in her community. Marie was a long-time servant-leader to our profession. Their amazing, volleyball-star daughter Rian lost a father. His impressive international career culminated in his 15-year long service to the International Society for Criminology. William especially derived pleasure from playing his guitar (and writing songs like Classical Dog and Mr. Cindy J. Smith, past chair of the Division of International Criminology, past Secretary/Treasurer of the Division on Corrections and Sentencing, and most recently, Director of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), passed away January 18, after courageously battling cancer. At the University of Oklahoma, Harold was recognized for his achievements with several awards, including the David Ross Boyd Professorship, a Presidential Professorship, and the Kinney-Sugg Award for Outstanding Professor. Originally published in the Spring 2009 issue of prism, The Magazine of Texas A&M International University. And, with a twinkle in his eye and something funny or interesting or contrarian to say, he would make us laugh, and make us think, and make us better. For more information, please go to the Oral History of Criminology Project page. Whether in friendship or conflict, Jean-Paul always had the respect of others. He worked with many organizations over the years and was sought after to aid them in their missions. And I am now at a profound loss, as is far too often the case, because I never stopped to thank him for simply being himself and for how much he impacted my career and life until it was too late to tell him in person. But the lesson that Jims work and his life told over and over again, was that we need to have faith in people, to look for their positive virtues, and to work together to celebrate our common interests and work to make the world a better place. Grex received his doctorate in sociology at Northwestern University in 1954. She was the heart and soul of ASC for 30 years, serving as the Executive Administrator from 1976 until her retirement in 2006. During her long career, she studied a wide variety of topics, but she mostly focused on youth crime. Everyone knows what it is like to go through graduate school, but then there is the personal life as well. In his last years he was also the creator of the Observatory of Academic Criminology Programmes, aimed at providing information about such courses to students and scholars from all over the world. Josine was a member of the Scientific Council of the Council of Europe and served on numerous international expert committees. He developed an early knowledge of crime and politics in South Africa as well as North America, and this was apparent throughout his career in the breadth of his theoretical and research contributions. In 2013, his research was recognized by Southeastern Louisiana University for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Excellence in Research. In addition to publications that distilled research findings, he oversaw development of a series of videos, Crime File, which presented discussions among front-line professionals and scholars about important crime control issues. She is survived by her husband, Raymond Deschenes, of Orange, CA. We were inseparable, bonded by our love of criminology, football, sports, Marathon Deli, and too many other things to name here. There can be little doubt that among his lasting contributions to criminology was his role as graduate teacher and mentor to many students, some of whom have taken their place as among the fields most accomplished scholars. After the mines closed, his father transplanted the family into a series of housing projects and abandoned houses/trailers that could serve as free, temporary residences while he unsuccessfully looked for full-time work. Since 2003, the Criminology, Law and Society Department has awarded an annual $500 Arnie Binder scholarship to one or more doctoral students in recognition of outstanding service contributions. For more information, please go to the Oral History Project page. Xiaogang was a beloved instructor, regularly teaching courses in cybercrime, criminology, and research methods. I love this man more than my own father. Kay was a founding faculty member of Temples Criminal Justice Department in 1981. Her work has appeared in such prestigious outlets as Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Criminology & Public Policy, The Prison Journal, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Crime & Delinquency, and the Journal of Criminal Justice. Steve and Joy have no children together, while Joy has a daughter named Eve from her first marriage. 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. A memorial service for family, friends, and all of Dr. Salingers current and former students will be announced at a later date by his family. Steve Janowitz Funeral arrangement under the care ofJohn J. He was a patient teacher and mentor who generously gave his younger colleagues opportunities to take prominent roles on challenging and high-profile studies. After 12 years of hosting it, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. The first half of his career was spend as a correctional professional, where he was involved in some of the most import changes in the country during that time. Allen Breed pioneered the Probation Subsidy Act that became the model for the expansion of community corrections in many states. STEVEN JANOWITZ Obituary He will be greatly missed by all who knew him but especially by his partner and husband of 22 years, Bruce Ponder. Importantly, Ray was just as devoted to teaching as he was to scholarship. For many years (1976-1991), he was the Director of Criminal Justice in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Delaware, and he became renowned as a teacher of criminal justice, leading to the publication of his popular textbook on Criminal Justice, now in its 9th Edition. 2000. A memorial service is being planned in March of 2019. William was born October 26, 1951 to Berlin and Elsie Pipes Heck of Calhoun, Louisiana. He published four books, and pivotal in all of them are African criminology and justice systems. Rick was a highly productive scholar, publishing over 130 articles, technical reports, and encyclopedia entries, plus he authored and edited 13 books. This world lost an amazing feminist scholar, teacher and activist, and our very dear, smart, generous, and hilarious sister. He pioneered techniques for getting information about sensitive topics such as being the victim or perpetrator of family violence in national household and telephone surveys. Remembrances may be made to Santa Barbara Special Olympics (281 Magnolia Ave Suite #200, Goleta, CA 93117), a group which held a special place in Joans heart. WebSteven Janowitz Obituary. After spending his early years in Montreal, Charles Newman returned to the U.S. to attend New York University and then enlisted in the Army in 1943, serving as a medic during World War II in the Pacific on Saipan and Guam. Dr. Palmer was predeceased by his wife, Ann and their only child Catherine. Its hard to put into words what Dr. del Carmen has meant to our program and the broader field of academic criminal justice, Dr. Vaughn opined. Murray Straus, an internationally influential former professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire and founder of the field of family violence research, died May 13 at the age of 89. Irvine Jodi Lane, University of Florida Loretta Bass, University of Oklahoma; Trina Hope, University of Oklahoma. Steven Janowitz Obituary His most recent textbook, Criminal Violence: Patterns, Explanations and Interventions, is in its fourth edition. One of his most enduring legacies is that he served as a mentor to many graduate students, helping them publish academic articles and advance legal scholarship in the academic discipline of criminal justice. He is survived by his wife Constance, four daughters, and several grandchildren. Private services are planned. (Jo was Helens Deputy Editor which we quickly renamed Deputy Dog. Donations in his memory can be made to: Mission of Mercy through the Maryland State Dental Association Charitable and Educational Foundation (msdaf.org/remembersomeone); or University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (https://www.ummsfoundation.org/site/Donation2?idb=1607739902&DONATION_LEVEL_ID_SELECTED=1&df_id=3083&mfc_pref=T&3083.donation=form1&idb=[[S76:idb]]). In an authoritarian field based around control and restraint, Toch also stood out as a believer in humanistic approaches to corrections. In 1965, Al moved from Indiana to accept the position of University Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut where he taught until he retired in 1988. At the time of her death, she was the Beatrice Whiting Professor Emeritus of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she had taught since 1978. Dr. Becker was an active member of both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, as well as an active participant in the International Criminal Justice/Criminology section. They will miss him and strive to carry on his work. Her first visit to Seoul in 1996 to help organize the 12th World Congress of Criminology came at a time of heightened tensions between North and South Korea, with much sabre-rattling from the North. I never forget when he looked me in the eyes face-to-to-face telling me that he was very proud that I pursued all of my appointments and was very consistent with my dental plan. Following graduation he taught at Fairleigh Dickinson College and then was a field director with the American Red Cross in Rhode Island and then at Fort Knox, KY. A long-time professor in Criminology, Law and Society at the University of California, Irvine and at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, Ron served as Dean of the School of Social Ecology at UCI and Director of the John Glenn College at OSU, where he also served as Director of the Criminal Justice Research Center. Benjamin M. Steiner passed away on January 22, 2019 at the age of 43 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. John was also among the first to recognize the significance of drug courts. Columbus, Ohio 43214 And he argued that criminologists needed to understand biochemistry and genetics and how they interacted with the physical and social environment to produce complete humans over time in order to fully understand criminal behaviour. Published in The Southern Illinoisan on 8/29/2008. In 1992, the UC Regents recognized Social Ecology as a school at UCI, and Binder served as the initial chair of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society during its first year of operation. Mitch was a prolific scholar in the field of macro-social criminology, and regularly published in the top journals in criminology and criminal justice. In 2012, the Society for the Study of Social Problems created the William J. Chambliss Lifetime Achievement Award and Bill was the first recipient. In his spare time, he renovated his 100-year old home, planned family vacations, cooked great meals, exercised, and played card games. Dear brother-in-law to Bruce. Ring bearer was Ryder Wineke. Over the years the Center has grown in both size and in the scope of its studies. Paul conducted numerous research projects during his career, publishing 6 books and editions, 50 articles and chapters, and additional official reports on topics ranging from healthcare fraud to policing, gender and crime, sentencing, criminal deterrence, social justice, criminological theory, criminal justice evaluation, and white-collar and corporate crime. In 1980, Paul began his professorial career in the Department of Criminal Justice at Indiana University (IU). By the way, Steve did not really like cats so you can imagine the type of stories he would share. Subscribe Sign In Try for a limited time! She resides in Santa Fe and in Delmar, NY. Rather than attempt to summarize his views on criminology and sociology, we encourage you to watch his interview for the ASC Oral History project at: https://www.asc41.com/videos/Oral_History/Robert_Bursik.html. He will be missed by our discipline. 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. He is survived by wife Rita and three children: Samantha Harris of Medford Massachusetts, Theona Harris Arsenault and her husband, Daniel Arsenault, and their son Luke Arsenault of Beverly, and Jason Harris and his wife Regina LaRocque and their sons Noah and Benjamin Harris of Wellesley Massachusetts.