Leon Radzinowicz
Sir Leon Radzinowicz (born August 15, 1906 in Łódź (now Poland ), † December 29, 1999 in Haverford , Pennsylvania ) was a British criminologist of Polish origin.
Radzinowicz emigrated from Poland to the United Kingdom in 1938. Along with Hermann Mannheim and Max Grünhut, he belongs to the founding generation of British criminology and was the first director of the Criminological Institute at Cambridge University in 1959 . Radzinowicz was accepted into both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy in 1973. In 1979 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor .
Fonts (selection)
- with Marvin E. Wolfgang : Crime and Justice , 1971, ISBN 9780465014682
- with Marvin E. Wolfgang: The Criminal under Restraint , 1977, ISBN 9780465014675
- with Marvin E. Wolfgang, The Criminal in Society , 1977, (Compiler), ISBN 9780465014620
- The Cambridge Institute of Criminology: Its Background and Scope a Report , 1988, ISBN 9780113408849
- Adventures in Criminology , 1999, ISBN 9780415198752
literature
- Roger Hood: Leon Radzinowicz, 1906–1999 . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . tape 111 , 2001, p. 637-655 ( thebritishacademy.ac.uk [PDF]).
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| SURNAME | Radzinowicz, Leon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Radzinowicz, Sir Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British criminologist of Polish origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łódź |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1999 |
| Place of death | Haverford |