Jay Rumney
Jay Rumney (* 1905; † 1957) was a British sociologist and criminologist.
After studying economics, history and sociology at the University of London ( doctorate in 1933) Rumney became Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University in the USA in 1940 . His scientific interests were problems of urbanization , the sociology of crime and the sociology of war.
Works (selection)
- Herbert Spencer 's Sociology . Aldine Transaction Publ., New Brunswick, NJ 2007, ISBN 978-0-202-36167-3 (reprint of New York 1966 edition).
- The Cost of Slums in Newark . Housing Authority, Newark 1946 (with Sara Shuman).
- Probation and Social Adjustment . Greenwood Press, New York 1968 (together with Joseph P. Murphy; reprint of the New Brunswick edition 1952).
- Sociology. The Science of Society ("Sociology. The Science of Society"). 2nd edition Nest-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1956 (together with Joseph Maier ).
literature
- Joseph Maier, Rumney, Jay , in: Wilhelm Bernsdorf / Horst Knospe (eds.): Internationales Soziologenlexikon, Vol. 1, Enke, Stuttgart ² 1980, p. 363.
Web link
- Literature by and about Jay Rumney in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rumney, Jay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sociologist and criminologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1905 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1957 |