Charles R. Tittle

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Charles R. Tittle (born March 26, 1939 ) is an American sociologist and criminologist who became internationally known for his Control Balance Theory .

Scientific career

Tittle initially studied history and earned a BA from Quachita Baptist College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in 1961 . In 1963 he received his MA in sociology at the University of Texas at Austin , where he also received his doctorate in sociology ( Ph.D. ) in 1965 . After working and studying at various North American universities, he became Professor of Sociology at Florida Atlantic University in 1974 and Professor of Sociology at Washington State University in 1988 . Since 2000 he has been a (now emeritus ) professor of sociology at North Carolina State University . His research interests are in the areas of: sociology of crime and deviance ; Sociological theory and urban sociology . In 1995 he presented his widely acclaimed theory of control balance .

Fonts (selection)

  • Society of subordinates. Inmate organization in a narcotic hospital . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1972, ISBN 0-253-38430-3 .
  • Sanctions and social deviance. The question of deterrence . Praeger, New York 1980, ISBN 0-03-052156-4 .
  • Control balance. Toward a General Theory of Deviance . Westview Press, Boulder 1995, ISBN 0-8133-2631-1 .
  • Social deviance and crime. An organizational and theoretical approach . Roxbury, Los Angeles 2000, ISBN 1-891487-37-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles R. Tittle at North Carolina State University , accessed November 17, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Tittle, Charles R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American criminologist and sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1939