Eric worked various positions during his career such as K-9 officer, SWAT, Detective, just to name a few. He saw processing decisions as iterative, where decisions and information from one stage of the process affected decisions later-on. Steve Janowitz ALLAN BARNES (University of Alaska Anchorage): Dr. Jefferys contribution to modern criminological thought has been his insistence that the discipline of criminology take an interdisciplinary view. He was honored with a criminological (Schwind, H.-D., E. Kube and H.H. Donations in Binders honor may be made to Waymakers or Carry the Future, an organization Capasso leads that helps refugees. WebIn Memoriam Steven Janowitz, D.D.S. He wrote, edited and contributed to 19 books and numerous articles and research reports. We were all lucky to know her. Of course, The Saint loved Helen! For those in the criminology community that knew Margaret, she was a passionate believer in the advancement of knowledge to ameliorate the many social ills that challenge a civil society. For this reason, she is easily recognized as one of the most applauded and decorated applied criminologists in both the United States and abroad. Just as significant were Jeffs qualities as a person. Charles R. Tittle passed away on May 6, 2021 at the age of 82. Write your message of sympathy today. Published in numerous editions, it received the Outstanding Book Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, given annually for a work that makes an extraordinary contribution to the study of crime and criminal justice.. Jim remained a very active Co-Director of the Center till his death. 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. He earned his BA from Marquette University, and then entered the MA program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her contributions, too numerous to be summarized easily, have been recognized by the Sellin-Glueck award (1989), the DIC Distinguished International Scholar Award (2007), and the ESC European Criminology Award (2008). By citation count or virtually any other measure, this book quickly emerged and remains a landmark statement of a conflict theory of crime. During this time, he met his wife, Rita F. Harris, whom he married April 5, 1964. Mauri was a marvelous sales trainer and master salesman. She was the DWC website guru from the beginning of our website, until someone else took it over after years of Helen doing this. Elmar grew up in a small village in Germany, the place where his family owned and operated a local sawmill and where his cremains will be interred. 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. For a while, Elmar received a rigorous secondary education at a Catholic boarding school in Belgium. After an incredibly intense DWC meeting in San Francisco in 1991 where many members righteously and powerfully disclosed sexual exploitation and assaults by male colleagues at professional meetings and on our campuses, our fearsome foursome friendship was the most solidified. For more information, please go to the Oral History Project page. In addition to these perpetual scholarship funds, Dr. del Carmen has provided intermittent scholarships for students in need. Carol Hirschon Weiss, considered the founding mother of program and policy evaluation, died on January 8, 2013, at the age of 86. Paul returned to UCI in 1987 as an Assistant Professor of Social Ecology, and was subsequently promoted to associate and then full professor. A memorial service at the University of Delaware is being planned for February, 2010. In 2006, Frank was named the Edward and Elizabeth Rosenberg Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice and received the Francis Alison Award, the University of Delawares highest faculty honor. With the awarding to the program of a $500,000 Law Enforcement Administration Association (LEAA) grant, Don became the Director of the National Criminal Justice Educational Development Consortium, serving in this role from 1974-1976. She had plans for another dispensary trip to Colorado in December and we were all talking about our next adventures together, believing we had more time. He was the principal investigator on a 2003 Maryland state-commissioned study of the role of race and geography in the application of the death penalty that empirically demonstrated the differential likelihood of receiving a death sentence for white and African American defendants and across jurisdictions. His worn-out blue and yellow Nikes became part of the wall decoration in his office. After completing his doctoral work at SUNY-Albanyin 1977, John came to Temple in 1978 and chaired the department from 1979 to1983. I knew since I was 10 years old that I wanted to understand the underpinnings for individual differences in behavior, but it wasnt until I encountered Jeff that I was able to find a way to tangibly act upon this interest. He was not only Ronets husband and Johns father, he was their best friend. He not only survivedhe published On the Take: From Petty Crooks to Presidents, a book that revolutionized our understanding not just of organized crime but of law enforcement and the state. He will be interred at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin on Wednesday, November 21, at 11:00 a. m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that in-memoriam donations may be made to the United Board for the support of Silliman University. Moving to Australia in 1977, he joined the Australian Institute of Criminology, first as Senior Criminologist and then, in 1985, as Principal Criminologist, a post he maintained until his retirement in 2000. A funeral mass was held at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Coral Gables on November 25th, 2009. It is important to remember that Libby was a lot of fun. Doting Papa Steve to Maks. Although he never pursued a career in academe, he was a precious mentor who offered wise and gentle counsel. Stan understood that it is not a matter of committed scholars becoming embroiled in public policy debates by supporting a particular policy. Dick had many publications and books on Law Enforcement investigations, education, terrorism, and more. Who is T.J. Millers Wife? She passed January 25, 2019. During the last day of Rays life, John told him that having the greatest dad in the world for 19 years was better than having a mediocre dad for 50 years. 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. She continually amazed everyone by her commitment to fitness and her impressive athletic drive. This publication cemented Harolds national reputation as a scholar and renowned criminologist. He completed a stellar masters thesis on the social psychology of the sanctioning of high-status defendants (later published in Law & Human Behavior), and placed articles in medical journals on issues This included research in 2008 on labour exploitation and human trafficking for the purpose of forced labour; he was among the first in Europe to take up this topic. Mitchs work on deterrence, threat, social altruism, and crime control is profound. He served in that position for 17 years over several terms. Professor Emeritus Hal Pepinsky of Indiana University, Bloomington Department of Criminal Justice passed away on January 28, 2023. Sometimes policemen picked him up and drove him home only to discover that he was the author of the famous book on juvenile delinquency they had read in their criminal justice programs. He received his bachelors degree in economics from University of Southern California in 1959 and a D.Crim. The wedding was originally planned for 2009, and it nearly happened but as it attracted a lot of medias attention, Steve and Joy wanted to stop the fuss about it, and therefore decided to postpone it well after 27 years, whats another year or two? Thats a tough way to come up. He loved the Yankees, standup paddle boarding, traveling, backpacking, skiing and walking our dog, Mickey, in the woods. Marc is survived by wife Patricia Vickers Moore Riedel, mother of his children Sharon L. Riedel, son Brian Riedel (Lynne), son Eric Riedel, mother of Erics children Aylin Altan, brother Michael Jr. Riedel (Jennette), and grandchildren Evan Riedel, Julius Riedel, Erika Riedel, Felix Riedel, and Claire Riedel. Josine launched the First International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-1) in 1989, which was followed several years later by a much expanded ISRD-2 in which more than 30 countries collaborated. Before joining the Department of Justice, he was a research analyst and consultant to the Chief of Naval Operations in the U.S. Navy. Her second area of expertise was in gender and crime. He never forgot to call, to email, to stay in touch sometimes over decades and great distances. Originally from California, he joined TAMIU in 2000 and was a proud graduate of Brigham Young University, where he earned undergraduate and graduate degrees. Contributed by (alphabetically) M. Kay Harris, Phil Harris, Alan Harland, Jerry Ratcliffe, Ralph Taylor. At URSA, UCLA and the Rand Corporation, Libby developed a rigorous research agenda, including program evaluations and studies of drug users, and violent offenders. Adored Dr. J. to his staff and loved by his patients, peers and friends. Steve presented papers at conferences in Australia, Hungary, Thailand, and Italy, and was a regular participant at criminology conferences in the U.S. Early in his career he specialized in rural sociology and the measurement of family interaction. Jos Boulder medical friends assisted in the advice on the best dispensaries and brands at a dinner at her house, where Molly Bowers, was also present. http://www.newhaven.edu/news-events/news-releases/2014-2015/863092/. They presented their recommendations in what became known as The Scarpitti Report, which had a large influence on policies designed to increase recruitment of minority students and faculty, and also ensure their representation on the Board of Trustees. Rita was an active member of the American Society of Criminology and served as an Executive Counselor and later Vice President of the Society. Kays research, teaching and wide-ranging service to the field was focused on issues related to institutional and community-based corrections and informed by her deep-seated desire to create a more just system of criminal justice. For many years (1984-2001), Rick was a front-line supervisor in the Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing for the Province of Saskatchewan, and Director of Operational Research for Public Safety, Canada in 2009-2010. 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. Debbie earned her BA from the University of South Florida, where she was active in local and state politics, was a member of the National Organization for Women, and was a fervent supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment. STEPHEN TIBBETTSJune 19, 2011.Photo by Corinne M. Jamieson/CSUSB. Although Dr. Janowitz passed away in March of 2021, we believe he lives on in the hearts and thoughts of his family, staff, patients, friends, colleagues and all who had the privilege to meet and She co-authored several articles with her daughter Marianne Junger, also a Dutch criminologist. Ben earned a M.A. For a period he helped repopulate northwest Tucson with the desert tortoise, failing persistently in methods for their incarceration in his yard. Guggenheim Fellowship. Hal Pepinsky was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in Norway and conducted field research around the world. Rosemary Barberet, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Charles was also a believer in the academic associations, having been President of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice and a board member of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. This obituary appeared originally in the December 2010 issue of Footnotes. With IU colleague Hal Pepinsky, he co-authored the acclaimed book, Myths that Cause Crime, which directly challenged a number of criminological shibboleths. Steve was jarringly and refreshingly honest; he told me what I needed to know, he never sugar-coated anything. He enjoyed spending time with good friends and recounting stories about his graduate training at SUNY. A unique and lasting tribute for a loved one. In 1957 Don joined the Sociology faculty at San Francisco State College, where he eventually (1966-1968) served as the Department Chair. The Center has acted as a magnet for other state, national, and international studies related to substance abuse and health. It became the guide to evaluation practice across many social program fields, including criminal justice. Obituaries Steve is around 77 years old. He will be missed by our discipline. She will be sorely missed by her daughter, and her sisters. Steve Janowitz is an American retired high school teacher. Both Steve and his wife Joy are philanthropists, and have volunteered on several occasions and with non-governmental organizations. He attended UCI mens and womens basketball games with his daughter, Karolina. He was preceded in death in 2013 by his wife Jennifer Gurley Bursik, who served as managing editor of Criminology during Bobs term as Editor. 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 1951, he joined the faculty in Sociology at OSU, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 1991. 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. Xiaogang was a kind and generous colleague, providing friendship, collaboration, and mentorship, particularly to his sociology colleagues and to fellow Chinese and Asian colleagues across campus. She became the host of the Way Off Broadway show on Lifetime Television in 1997, and went on to appear in many other shows, such as This Is My Life, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and Baby Boom among others. He loved Sam Houston State University. He was promoted to Professor at UD in 1979. Along those lines, he argued that criminologists needed to take the law into account in thinking about crime at a time when Sellins sociological definition of crime dominated. And to visitors, whoever they were and wherever they were from, he was the open-handed host, issuing invitations, drawing them in, connecting them to a vibrant intellectual community here at the heart of New York City. She was then appointed Professor of Criminology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1980, and taught there until her retirement in 2007. Criminology has lost a giant figure with the passing of Hans Toch at age 91. Doc. There is a role reversal when the offender is an elite deviant. He knew many of the invisible people of St. Louis, and it seemed as though everyone in town knew who Bob was, as he was often engaging in countless large and small acts of kindness to others. Submitted by Eric Wodahl (University of Wyoming) and Michael Harrington (Northern Michigan University). Cherished by his beloved wife, Kathy, son, Robbie, and Robbies wife, Elissa. Dr. Steven Janowitz Dr. Steven Janowitz, of Rockville, Maryland, passed away on March 17, 2021. At the time of his death, he was planning another trip to Southeast Asia which included paragliding in the Seychelles and a stop in Brazil on the way home. We saw each other through other painful life and work events with an enduring and solid love and respect for each other. Edward J. Latessa, the long-time leader of the University of Cincinnati School of Criminal Justice, passed away on January 11, 2022. He retired as a Patrol Sergeant. 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. Amazingly, after his return to UCONN, Al assisted in an FBI surveillance investigation and federal prosecution. In 2013, his research was recognized by Southeastern Louisiana University for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Excellence in Research. 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. Box 63187, St. Louis, MO, 63163. Her work with colleagues in other NIJ research divisions was marked by a tireless commitment to ensuring the policy and practice relevance of research. On someones passing, we often say she will be missed. He always said that students will forget what they learned in your class, but they will never forget how you treated them. As Dr. del Carmen was known for his kindness and self-effacing demeanor, Dr. Vaughn remarked that Dr.