Robert J. Sampson

Robert J. Sampson (* 1955 ) is an American criminologist and an international leader in his academic field.

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 2005), the National Academy of Sciences (since 2006) and the American Philosophical Society (since 2011). In 2016 he was elected an external member of the British Academy .

research

Sampson is a professor of criminology and sociology at Harvard University . He wrote his most famous books on developmental criminology together with John H. Laub . Among other things, the authors developed the theory of turning points ( turning points in life, for example marriage, military service or moving), which can lead to the termination of a criminal career. Sampson and Laub were able to empirically substantiate their assumptions through an analysis of the long-term study by the Glueck couple .

Fonts (selection)

with John H. Laub: Crime in the Making. Pathways and Turning Points Through Life. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 1993, ISBN 0-674-17604-9 .
with John H. Laub: Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives. Delinquent Boys to Age 70. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA et al. 2003, ISBN 0-674-01191-0 .

literature

Wolfgang Stelly, Jürgen Thomas: Once a criminal, always a criminal? Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-531-13665-8 .

Web link

Sampson at Harvard University

Individual evidence

↑ Who are the most cited criminologists (2006-2010)? , Criminologia, blog by (former) teachers and students at the Institute for Criminological Social Research (IKS) at the University of Hamburg , Sampson leads the ranking.

personal data
SURNAME	Sampson, Robert J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American criminologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1955

[1] Who are the most cited criminologists (2006-2010)? , Criminologia, blog by (former) teachers and students at the Institute for Criminological Social Research (IKS) at the University of Hamburg , Sampson leads the ranking.