Richard Quinney

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Richard Quinney (born May 16, 1934 in Elkhorn , Wisconsin ) is an American sociologist and criminologist . From 1983 until his retirement in 1997 he taught as a professor of sociology at Northern Illinois University .

Quinney is counted among the main proponents of Marxist crime theories. For his contributions to criminological theory and research, Quinney was awarded the "Edwin H. Sutherland Award" of the American Society of Criminology in 1984.

In his early publications he postulated that crime is a function of the structure of society, that laws are created by the powerful, and that the criminal justice system is an instrument of repression. In his later work he turned to spiritual and religious approaches and advocated non-violent responses to crime. Also in his later creative phase he dealt with an “ ethnography of everyday life”, illustrating his writings with his own photos.

Fonts

Criminological texts (selection)

  • Bearing witness to crime and social justice . State University of New York Press, Albany 2000, ISBN 0791447596 .
  • Social existence. Metaphysics, Marxism, and the social sciences . Sage Publications, Beverly Hills 1982, ISBN 080390830X .
  • Class, state, and crime. On the theory and practice of criminal justice . D. McKay Co., New ork 1977, ISBN 0679303340 ,
  • Criminology. Analysis and critique of crime in America . Little, Brown, Boston 1975.
  • Critique of Legal Order; crime control in capitalist society . Little, Brown, Boston 1974.
  • Criminal justice in America. A critical understanding . Little, Brown, Boston 1974.
  • The problem of crime . Dodd, Mead, New York 1970.

Ethnographic and other texts (selection)

  • On the open road . Borderland Books, Madison 2018, ISBN 9781732132207 .
  • Of time and place. A farm in Wisconsin . Borderland Books, Madison 2006, ISBN 9780976878124 .
  • For the time being. Ethnography of everyday life . State University of New York Press, Albany 1998, ISBN 0791438511 .
  • Journey to a far place. Autobiographical reflections . Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1991, ISBN 087722725X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise indicated, information is based on the entry Richard Quinney, American Philosopher an Chriminologist , in: Encyclopædia Britannica , online.
  2. ↑ SozTheo: Marxist theories of criminality
personal data
SURNAME Quinney, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist and criminologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Elkhorn , Wisconsin