Edwin M. Schur

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Edwin M. Schur (born October 18, 1930 in New York City ) is an American sociologist and criminologist .

Life

Schur studied political science, sociology and law at Yale University and the London School of Economics , where he received his Ph.D. received his doctorate . After working at various US universities, Schur became a full professor of sociology at New York University in 1971 .

Schur's research and publications focus primarily on problems of legal sociology and theories of deviant behavior . Schur is considered an early exponent of socially critical criminology and the labeling approach . His definition of crime without a victim (for example in prohibited drug use) found its way into textbook criminology and sociology of deviance. His concept of radical non-intervention against juvenile offenders in particular was a contribution to critical criminology . His key message was: “Leave kids alone whereever.” Problems with young people should not be ascribed to them in order to treat them as “bad”, “sick” or “socially disadvantaged”. Juvenile delinquency, on the other hand, must be recognized as the price of the existing social structure and prevailing cultural values . Changes are necessary there, not with the individuals.

Fonts (selection)

  • Narcotic addiction in Britain and America. The impact of public policy . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 1962.
  • Crimes without victims. Deviant behavior and public policy: Abortion, homosexuality, drug addiction . Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs 1965.
  • Law and society, a sociological view . Random House, New York 1968.
  • Our criminal society; the social and legal sources of crime in America . Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs 1969, ISBN 0136438903 .
  • Labeling deviant behavior; its sociological implications . Harper & Row, New York 1971, ISBN 0060458127 .
German translation: Deviant behavior and social control. Labeling and social reactions , Herder and Herder, Frankfurt am Main 1974; ISBN 3-585-32104-6 .
  • Radical Non-Intervention - Rethinking the Delinquency Problem . Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs 1973, ISBN 0137504225 .
  • Victimless crimes. Two sides of controversy . Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs 1974. ISBN 0139416900 (with Hugo Adam Bedau).
  • The politics of deviance. Stigma contests and the uses of power . Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs 1980, ISBN 0136847536 .
  • Labeling women deviant. Gender, stigma, and social control . Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1983, ISBN 0877223327 .
  • The Americanization of Sex . Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1988, ISBN 0877225214 .

literature

  • Joseph Maier: Schur, Edwin M. In: Wilhelm Bernsdorf / Horst Knospe (eds.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon , Vol. 2, Enke, Stuttgart ² 1984, p. 769.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edwin Michael Schur, entry at prabook .
  2. ↑ For example Fritz Sack , Deviation and Crime . In: Hans Joas (Ed.), Textbook of Sociology , 3rd edition, Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-593-37920-3 , pp. 183-216, here p. 203 f.
  3. ↑ Dorte Negnal, Schur, Edwin M. (1973): Radical Non-intervention - Rethinking the delinquency problem, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall . In: Christina Schlepper / Jan Wehrheim (ed.), Key works of critical criminology , Weinheim: Beltz Juventa, 2017, ISBN 978-3-7799-3484-4 , pp. 272–284, here pp. 277 f.
personal data
SURNAME Schur, Edwin M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist and criminologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City