Francis Ivan Nye

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Francis Ivan Nye (* 1918 in Prospect , Jackson County , Oregon ; † March 1, 2014 in Juliaetta , Idaho ) was an American sociologist who researched and published in particular on family sociology .

Life

During World War II , Nye was a pilot in the Army Air Force . He studied sociology at the Willamette University ( Bachelor Accounts 1946) and the Michigan State University (PhD Ph.D. 1952). After holding positions as Assistant Professor at Ohio State University and the University of Missouri and as Associate Professor at Bucknell University , he took over the Chair of Rural Sociology at Washington State University .

Nye's specialty was family sociology. In 1965/66 he was President of the National Council on Family Relation . From 1965 to 1969 he was editor of the Journal of Marriage and the Family. As early as 1958, he had made an early contribution to the criminological halt theory with his monograph Family Relations and Delinquent Behavior . From direct control through supervision, he distinguished indirect control (loving attachment, identification with socially conforming people), internalized control (self-image) and control in temptation situations. The agreement of parents and children in the recognition of values is an important factor in preventing delinquency .

Individual evidence

  1. Unless otherwise indicated, biographical information is based on the online obituary of the National Council on Family Relations , accessed February 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Remembering Ivan Nye (1918-2014) , Washington State University , Department of Sociology, accessed February 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Hans Joachim Schneider : Introduction to Criminology . 3rd edition, de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1993 p. 244.