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Eric M. Klinenberg (born November 14, [citation needed] 1970) is an American sociologist and a scholar of urban studies, culture, and media.He is currently Helen Gould Shepard Professor in Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University.
1979. “A Strategy of Pure Sociology.” Pages 149–168 in Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology, edited by Scott G. McNall. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1980. The Manners and Customs of the Police. New York: Academic Press. 1981. “The Relevance of Legal Anthropology.” Contemporary Sociology 10(1):43-46. 1983. “Crime as Social Control.”
Jack Levin (born June 28, 1941) specializes in research on murder, prejudice and hate, sociology of aging and sociology of conflict at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] He has interviewed and corresponded with brutal killers, such as the Hillside Strangler and Charles Manson , and other violent criminals: serial killers and ...
Ian Taylor (11 March 1944 – 19 January 2001) was a British sociologist.He was born in Sheffield.. Taylor completed his undergraduate degree at Durham University, where he was an active socialist and involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement. [1]
“The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession” by Michael Finkel (Alfred A. Knopf) Tales of heists, con artists and even murders permeate all corners of society, from ...
Robert King Merton (born Meyer Robert Schkolnick; July 4, 1910 – February 23, 2003) was an American sociologist who is considered a founding father of modern sociology, and a major contributor to the subfield of criminology.
Born in New York City, he served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. Gordon earned his B.A. from the College of the City of New York in 1957, then attended the University of Chicago, earning his M.A. in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1963.
After earning degrees in sociology and psychology, as a mature student, at Birkbeck College and the University of Leicester, Taylor joined the department of sociology at the University of York, eventually becoming a professor at that institution. He is retired from York.