Thorsten Sellin
Johan Thorsten Sellin (born October 26, 1896 in Örnsköldsvik , Sweden , † September 17, 1994 in Gilmanton , New Hampshire , United States ) was an American sociologist and criminologist . From 1926 to 1967 Sellin taught at the University of Pennsylvania , from 1944 to 1959 as head of the Department of Sociology there . Today, the Sellin Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law, named after Thorsten Sellin, is also located at this university . In 1949 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society .
Sellin was a co-founder of the criminological theory of cultural conflict and an outspoken opponent of the death penalty . In 1938, in his essay Culture Conflict and Crime , he formulated the concept of Conduct Norms , an attempt to define the concept of crime independently of the provisions of criminal law.
Fonts (selection)
- Culture Conflict and Crime. In: American Journal of Sociology . Vol. 44, No. 1, July 1938, pp. 97-103, JSTOR 2768125 .
- Pioneering in penology. The Amsterdam houses of correction in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. University of Pennsylvania Press et al., Philadelphia PA et al. 1944.
- The Penalty of Death (= Sage Library of Social Research. 102). Sage Publications, Beverly Hills CA 1980, ISBN 0-8039-1452-0 .
literature
- Elmar Weitekamp, Hans-Jürgen Kerner : Thorsten Sellin: A pioneer of criminology. In: Monthly for criminology and criminal law reform . Vol. 76, 1993, pp. 201-205.
- Marvin E. Wolfgang (Ed.): Crime and Culture. Essays in Honor of Thorsten Sellin , Wiley, New York 1968.
Web links
- Eric Pace: Thorsten Sellin, Criminology Expert, Dies at 97 , New York Times obituary , September 20, 1994
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member History: Thorsten Sellin. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 25, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sellin, Thorsten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sellin, Johan Thorsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist and criminologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Örnsköldsvik , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th September 1994 |
| Place of death | Gilmanton , New Hampshire , USA |