Norman Sylvester Hayner

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Norman Sylvester Hayner (born May 15, 1896 in Beijing , † May 1977 in King County (Washington) ) was an American sociologist and criminologist. He belongs to the Chicago School of Sociology .

Hayner's parents were missionaries in China when he was born. In 1920 he took his bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in Seattle . He then went to the University of Chicago , where he received his Ph.D. received his doctorate . His dissertation The Hotel. The Sociology of Hotel Life is one of the well-known empirical studies of the Chicago School . Hayner was Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington from 1925 to 1968. His teaching and research focused on juvenile delinquency , criminal law , criminology and family sociology .

Hayner was from 1939 founder and director of the Pacific Northwest Conference on Family Relations and from 1968 a member of the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Council .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Hotel. The Sociology of Hotel Life , University of Chicago, Department of Sociology, Chicago 1923.
    • Hotel life . University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 1936 (new edition of dissertation); another new edition: McGrath Pub. Co., College Park, Maryland 1969.
  • The prison as a community . American sociological Society, Menasha 1940 (with Ellis Ash).
  • Juvenile delinquency and urban areas. A study of rates of delinquency in relation to differential characteristics of local communities in American cities . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1942 (with Clifford R. Shaw , Henry D. MacKay, and others).
  • New patterns in old Mexico. A study of town and metropolis . College & University Press, New Haven 1966.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hayner on deathfigures.com
  2. ^ Hayner on ancestry.com
  3. ↑ Biographical information is based on: Archives West: Norman S. Hayner papers, 1913-1970 .
  4. ^ Norman Sylvester Hayner: The Hotel. The Sociology of Hotel Life , University of Chicago, Department of Sociology, Chicago 1923.
personal data
SURNAME Hayner, Norman Sylvester
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hayner, Norman S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist and criminologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Beijing
DATE OF DEATH May 1977
Place of death King County (Washington)