The one metaphor that consistently comes to mind when trying to grasp the enormous diversity of Tony Peters work in criminology is that of a builder of bridges. In all, Ron authored a dozen books and over 100 journal articles. Donations can be made to the Scleroderma Research foundation at https://srfcure.org/donate/ OR the Kevin Shimek Memorial Endowed Criminal Justice Scholarship at Texas State University at https://secure.ua.txstate.edu/site/SPageServer/?pagename=main_donation_form. Hans Joachim Schneider passed away on the 18th of June 2015 in the age of 86 years in Muenster, Germany. Rolando would take a colleague or a graduate student to lunch when they published an article. John was also among the first to recognize the significance of drug courts. But, far more importantly, Hans contributed some of the most original and transformative ideas to the field of criminal justice, including ground-breaking work on the concept of community policing and therapeutic communities.. But above all else, he was a great husband, who loved and cared deeply about his wife, Kim. 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. Devoted brother to Roni (Chuck). Upon completion of his degree, he enrolled in the doctoral program in Sociology at the University of Chicago in 1973 (when and where we first met him), graduating with his Ph.D. in 1976. He left New York in 1977, to take a position as Vice Chancellor for Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he remained for 22 years; there he established the Office of International Criminal Justice and its bimonthly Criminal Justice International. Devoted brother to Roni (Chuck). One of the rare francophone researchers to regularly participate in ASC meetings, Jean-Paul completed his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1975 at the Universit de Paris and was a professor of Philosophy at the Universit du Qubec Montral until 1978. It was the last one granted by Bill Clinton (2000). Harold G. Grasmick, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma and one of criminologys great minds, left our world on April 4, 2020. Pauls outstanding teaching was accorded Distinguished Teaching Awards by both Penn and Northeastern, the Social Science Teaching Award by UT-Dallas, and the Chancellors Outstanding Teaching Award by the University of Texas Systems. He was in his office seven days a week throughout the year, excepting only when he was at a conference, working with colleagues on projects, or taking care of family members. Jrgen Jepsen (Aarhus, Denmark), 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. She is survived by her husband Rick Smith, seven children, 16 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Her experience in this institution inspired her first English-language publication on Argot knowledge as an indicator of criminal socialization (Bondeson, 1968). Ed was known for his kindness and his genuine humility. His net worth is over $400,000, accumulated from his years of teaching, while Joys net worth is over $12 million, amassed from her acting career. In one of the great ironies of correctional history, despite the fact that he had a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, he had not formally completed high school. The personal lives of many of us have been forever enriched by his empathy. Ron and his colleagues used multiple methods to study gang formation and behavior, to assess police and other intervention methods and to analyze official gang definitions and recording of gang members. Bondeson, U. V. (1994) Alternatives to Imprisonment. 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. 9 Edgewood Road His Internment was April 17, 2015, at the National Cemetery on the USMC Base, Quantico, Virginia. As a result of his activity, Finland also became an active participant in international victimisation studies from the very first survey in 1989 onwards. 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. Broadly, his research focused on discretion in criminal justice and innovation in the courts. 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. Michael loved literature, music, politics, and world events. He is a Past President and Fellow of ASC, a recipient of the Societys Edwin H. Sutherland Award (1974), and a former editor of Criminology, then Criminologica. He was loved and cherished by many people including : his wife Kathy; his son Robbie; his daughter-in-law Elissa; his grandchild Maks; his sibling Roni (Chuck); and his brother-in-law Bruce. He taught the most difficult class in the doctoral program. 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. If you know of an upcoming event for Steven Janowitz, please add one. He recognized that committed scholarship involved a delicate balance even when scholars are clearly informed about a particular area or situation. 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. He authored over 100 publications, including 76 articles and book chapters, and more than two-dozen government reports, and received more than $700k in grants and contracts. (1996). A colleague at the University of California at Riverside, where Austin last taught, remembers him not only as a scholar of note, but also as an exceptionally warm human being, a generous friend and a caring mentor, a bon vivant, and a gracious host. That is the memory of Austin Turk that his admiring colleagues and friends will treasure: he was as fun and stimulating to be around as he was passionate and realistic about the failings of the world he struggled to understand and improve. 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 the mid-1970s, Don and his colleague Gerald Blake were awarded a grant to develop program models for the federal juvenile diversion program. This position got him attacked by Herman. 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. As a result, the book transcended mere ideological or theoretical categorization. Ed held several key posts at NIJ including Science Advisor to the NIJ Director (1984-1992), Director of Corrections Research (1992-1996), Director of Program Development, 1998-1999), Assistant Director (1999-2000), Senior Science Advisor (2001-2008), and Director of NIJs International Research Center (2008-present). So, I took him to Twisted Root Burgers, a place in Deep Ellum that Guy Fieri once profiled on Divers, Drive-Ins, and Dives. UNH Today (May 23, 2016) Passing: Professor Murray A. Straus, 1926-2016, University of New Hampshire. Im so very proud of my Dad. He will always remain the only Emperor of Wyoming. He was 85. Benjy studied journalism at Goldsmiths University of London, graduating in 2009. Soon after, I got my first real taste for research and was quickly enamored. She was especially fond and respectful of evaluators on the front lines in the field who were trying to produce good studies in face of political pressures and resource constraints, particularly those working in developing nations or impoverished communities. Robbin was a well-respected researcher and colleague, a dedicated mentor, and most importantly a compassionate and caring person who will be missed greatly by her family, friends and colleagues. Although the official cause of death was heart failure, he also suffered from Hepatitis C and, just before his death, was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. Bill is survived by his wife Pernille, his children Jeffrey, Lauren, and James, his grandchildren, and the many friends, colleagues, and students whose lives he touched. Muk already had a Masters degree from the Tata Institute for Social Sciences in India when he earned the first MA in Criminology ever awarded by the University of Pennsylvania. He lamented the size of prison populations in those nations with large penal systems, and asked whether the international community has a moral obligation to shame these extremely punitive countries. Ray lived each second of his life to the fullest. There will be celebration of Rays life in the summer of 2017. Attesting to the profound influence Bill had on our thinking about crime and law, Bill received the Sutherland Award for Outstanding Contributions to Criminology from the American Society of Criminology; the Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions in Criminal Justice from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Criminology section of the American Sociological Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sociology of Law section of the American Sociological Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems section on Law & Society, and the American Society of Criminologys Major Achievement Award. 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. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in his honor to the University of Delaware, Gift Processing, 83 E. Main St., 3rd Floor, Newark, DE 19716, including in the check memo line Frank Scarpitti Graduate Student Award in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. Gifts can also be made on the University of Delaware secure website, www.udel.edu/makeagift and including the same designation. There a large contingent of his family, friends, former students, and faculty colleagues watched in solemn reverence as a USMC Color Guard in dress blues served as pall bearers and thereafter offered a 21-gun salute in tribute to their brother Marine; once a Marine, always a Marine. Over the next three decades, Kay was instrumental in the departments development to a highly ranked Ph.D. program. Doting Papa Steve to Maks. ), and the drive he instilled in me to push forward to upgrade the field with the ultimate goal of helping people. To his colleagues at NIJ, Ed was known as a persistently optimistic, unflappable colleague with a steel trap memory and a flair for hosting impromptu ice cream socials. To the field, he became a consistent beacon of empiricism, evidence, and rigor in measuring what works and whats promising in fighting crime. Al was enormously kind and helpful to everyone he knew. In fact, I had the distinct sense that Carol enjoyed engaging in all of these debates. His woodcarvings included waterfowl and masks, and his paintings often depicted ocean front scenes from his beloved refuge on the Washington coast. He also studied healthcare fraud internationally, and in 2002, was a Fulbright Scholar at Stockholm University in Sweden. 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. at Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe, LA and his PhD at Sam Houston University in Huntsville, TX). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction. Contributions should be sent to: The Elizabeth Deschenes Memorial Fund Submitted by Robert P. Weiss, State University of New York at Plattsburgh. Submitted by Terence P. Thornberry and Robert A. Silverman. He has educated thousands of undergraduates who have had distinguished careers in criminal justice; he has provided in-service training to personnel who work at every level and in every field of the criminal justice system; he has helped professionalize local, state, and national criminal justice organizations within constitutional and legal mandates; he has produced extensive scholarship; and he has mentored dozens of doctoral students into careers within criminal justice academia.. A skilled methodologist and staunch advocate for improving criminal justice policies, Pauls scholarly contributions focused on measurement and analysis of criminal careers over the life course, juvenile justice, drug prohibition, prisoner re-entry, and capital punishment. Read more. He established the criminal justice bachelor of arts at UALR in 1972. He is already missed by those of us who were fortunate enough to know him well. After Princeton he joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts. In recognition of his work in the international arena, he was awarded the Gerhard O. W. Mueller Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in 2006. The family will receive friends in celebration of Richards life at Humenik Funeral Chap Nicky was never afraid to take on unpopular topics. Jeffs brilliant theorizing, countless followers (both senior colleagues and students), and numerous books and articles are testimony to the mark he has left on the field. On someones passing, we often say she will be missed. Bondeson, U. V. (1989). She was then appointed Professor of Criminology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1980, and taught there until her retirement in 2007. In prison he discovered that convicts were mostly ordinary human beings. His was an active life, well lived. Beginning her research career at RAND in 1974, she was one of the first criminologists to recognize community corrections as an important area for research and to conduct large-scale empirical studies in this area. Steve has never been interested in attracting the medias attention and in being under the spotlight, and prefers to spend his free time in his own or his wifes company. Even as a graduate student, he would spend significant time to explain concepts to others who didnt grasp as quickly. Dales dedication to supporting the scholarly development of students and faculty will be honored with the Dale Sechrest Memorial Fund and a research lab named in his honor. They finally got married on August 11, 2011, after living together for 29 years. Hal was committed to giving voices to crime victims and supported the Division of Victimology. 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. In short, Toch had an unshakable belief in the idea of bottom-up reform, involving staff and clients in the process of organisational change. His work is uniformly praised as path breaking, provocative, and vitally important. (His scholarship is occasionally described as controversial, provoking his amusement at how a work could be path breaking and provocative while avoiding controversy). Marshall is survived by his second wife, Arlen Runzler Westbrook, whom he married January 15, 2002. While ASC Presidents and Board members came and went, Sarah was the constant who oversaw the growth and development of ASC into what it is today. Also at the turn of the century, Joan was once again ahead of her time when she directed scholarly and policy attention to what is now commonly called the prisoner re-entry problem. As prison populations swelled in the United States, she led the way in understanding two aspects of prisoners re-entry into the community: (1) the consequences of releasing large numbers of formerly incarcerated people into communities, and (2) determining what types of re-entry programs are most effective. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ellen Canfield Scarpitti; a daughter, Susan Scarpitti Newstrom, son-in-law, George; daughter-in-law, Lisa Scarpitti; granddaughter, Alyssa Padilla and her children Bella and Matthew Castro; sister, Rita Bournique; brother Ronald; and various nieces and nephews. ring his career. It now has major administrative research offices in Newark, DE and Coral Gables, FL and satellite research offices in Wilmington, DE, Miami, FL and Porto Alegre, Brazil. Harolds research was about illegal behavior and norm violations in general, particularly guilt, shame and embarrassment, and their parallels to legal or formal sanctions. Her work helped to stimulate far greater African engagement at the 14th World Congress than at the 12th. He saw criminology and sociology as important bases for social and philosophical deliberations on the legitimacy of the exercise of societal power, and consistently raised basic issues of the states use of power and coercion. Marc was born July 25, 1939 in Tipton, Kansas. STEPHEN TIBBETTSJune 19, 2011.Photo by Corinne M. Jamieson/CSUSB. 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.