Manuel Eisner

Manuel Eisner (* 1959 ) is Professor of Development - and Comparative Criminology (Engl. Developmental and Comparative Criminology ) and director of the Violence Research Center (Engl. Violence Research Center at the) University of Cambridge .

Life

Eisner studied history , sociology and social psychology at the University of Zurich until 1985 . There he received his doctorate in sociology in 1991 and his habilitation in 1997 . He then completed several positions at the Sociological Institute of the University of Zurich, the ETH Zurich and the Institute for Criminology and Forensic Sciences at the University of Lausanne . In 2000 he became a professor at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge, whose director he later became.

job

His academic work revolves around research into the causes, consequences and prevention of interpersonal violence. He is also interested in the variations in the level of violence between societies and the changes over the course of history. From these comparisons, too, he identifies psychological and social mechanisms that can maintain or change the level of violence. From such knowledge, measures to reduce violence are then developed. Eisner has also served as an expert or co-author on reports from national governments, the World Health Organization , UNICEF , the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime .

In 2003, his much-cited work on centuries-old trends in interpersonal violence was published. By summarizing around 350 individual studies, the pattern of a decline in crime in Europe since the Middle Ages becomes visible. In 2014, together with the World Health Organization, he organized the first global conference on violence reduction at the University of Cambridge.

Fonts (selection)

• Quality of life and security in the residential area . Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 2000, ISBN 978-3-7253-0695-4 .
• The end of the civilized city? The Effects of Modernization and Urban Crisis on Violent Delinquency . Campus, Frankfurt am Main / New York 1997, ISBN 978-3-593-35774-4 (also habilitation thesis ETH Zurich).

Web links

• Violence Research Center - University of Cambridge
• Manuel Eisner's website at the University of Cambridge
• Manuel Eisner's website at the University of Zurich
• The roots of violence - Manuel Eisner, criminologist . Contribution to Swiss television SRF 1 from 2014
• Reducing Homicide by 50% in 30 Years Conference (Video from the first global conference on violence reduction at the University of Cambridge. In English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ethistory.ethz.ch/stoffen/professoren/listen/alle_profs_austritt/printerfriendly/
2. ↑ ^{a b} Manuel Eisner: Curriculum Vitale. (PDF) p. 1 , accessed on December 9, 2019 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Manuel Eisner: University profile . Retrieved December 11, 2019 . 
4. ^ Google: Google Scholar - Long-term historical trends in violent crime. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .